A24D 3/067
Characterised by functional properties
Official title: {characterised by functional properties}
A24D3/067 (Characterised by functional properties) appears on 146 US grants and 261 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24D- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 261
- Assignees
- 77
- Inventors
- 479
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2012 | 2 | 18 |
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| 2021 | 6 | 16 |
| 2022 | 9 | 17 |
| 2023 | 7 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 21 |
| 2025 | 5 | 26 |
| 2026 | 4 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Consumable for an aerosol provision system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,155 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Filter for smoking or vaping article comprising a two-layer material11 Aug 2026US 12,702,158 B2SWM Holdings US, LLC
- Structured filter material for nicotine delivery products4 Aug 2026US 12,696,929 B2delfortgroup AG
- Reduction of amines and nitrosamines in cigarette smoke vapors through a filter functionalized with olive tree polyphenols17 Mar 2026US 12,575,601 B2Magi's Lab Srl
- Filter paper for cigarette filters and filter comprising it4 Nov 2025US 12,460,352 B2Miquel Y Costas & Miquel, S.A.
- Filter element for cigarettes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293973 A1
- Eco-friendly filter for smoking article having disintegrability1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293974 A1Kolon Industries, Inc.
- Tobacco heating device and method for detecting presence of tobacco unit by using optical sensing operation3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256209 A1Pixart Imaging Inc.
- Cooling segment for aerosol generating article and aerosol generating article comprising the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248172 A1Kt&G Corporation
- Cellulose acetate filaments having a cross-sectional shape with a specific surface area index20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240231 A1Acetate International LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Biodegradable polyvinyl alcohol tobacco smoke filters, tobacco smoke products incorporating such filters, and methods and apparatus for making same134US 5,911,224 AFiltrona International Limited · 1999
- Degradable smoking article87US 5,709,227 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1998
- Molded article of biodegradable cellulose acetate and filter plug for smoking article79US 6,571,802 B1Japan Tobacco Inc. · 2003
- Melt-blown nonwoven fabric, process for producing same and the uses thereof76US 6,207,601 B1Rhodia Acetow GmbH · 2001
- Smoking article52US 9,220,301 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2015