Y10S 131/00
Tobacco
Y10S131/00 (Tobacco) appears on 300 US grants and 32 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 300
- Published applications
- 32
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 451
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2014
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y10S 131/906Sensing condition or characteristic of continuous tobacco rod95
- Y10S 131/905Radiation source for sensing condition or characteristic78
- Y10S 131/908Sensing unique characteristic or specific condition of finished product69
- Y10S 131/907Ejection or rejection of finished article due to detected or sensed condition51
- Y10S 131/904Pneumatic means for sensing condition or characteristic37
- Y10S 131/909Sensing condition in feed hopper for cigar or cigarette making31
- Y10S 131/91Sensing or detecting malfunction in cigar or cigarette maker28
- Y10S 131/90Liquified gas employed in puffing tobacco25
Recent patents
- Device and method for processing and measuring properties of a moving rod of material16 Dec 2014US 8,912,805 B2Hauni Maschinenbau AG
- System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method29 May 2012US 8,186,359 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Wrapping paper inspection apparatus and tobacco wrapping machine6 Dec 2011US 8,069,859 B2Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Method and apparatus for forming portions of fibrous material31 May 2011US 7,952,037 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Applied flavoring-material inspection device and cigarette making machine provided with same10 May 2011US 7,938,124 B2Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Device and method for processing and measuring properties of a moving rod of material29 Mar 2012US 2012/0074958 A1Hauni Maschinenbau AG
- System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method6 Aug 2009US 2009/0194118 A1R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Method of, and apparatus for, forming portions of fibrous material and removing the same20 Nov 2008US 2008/0283070 A1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Smoking article component transfer device and method27 Mar 2008US 2008/0073253 A1Philip Morris USA Inc.
- Cigarette making apparatus28 Feb 2008US 2008/0047569 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lighter actuation system392US 5,967,148 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1999
- Process for isolating plant extract fractions252US 5,301,694 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1994
- Processes for producing flavor substances from tobacco and smoking articles made therewith185US 5,235,992 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1993
- System and method for optically inspecting cigarettes by detecting the lengths of cigarette sections121US 6,075,882 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 2000
- Process for expanding tobacco113US 6,125,855 AImperial Tobacco Limited · 2000