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US 10,780,085 B2Granted
Oral product
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsFeng Gao, Frank Scott Atchley, Gregory James Griscik, Christopher Joseph Dinovi, Phillip M. Hulan, Diane L. Gee, Jason Flora, Shuzhong Zhuang
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Abstract
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and a mouth-soluble binder dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix.
Claims34
An oral product comprising:
- a body having a compressibility at 250 N ranging from 45% to 95% and a springiness of greater than or equal to 20%, the body including,
- a fiber-polymer-binder composite defining a plurality of pores, the fiber-polymer-binder composite including,
- a mouth-stable polymer,
- a cellulosic fiber,
- a mouth-soluble binder, and
- nicotine, a nicotine derivative, or both nicotine and a nicotine derivative.
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An oral product comprising:
- a body having a compressibility at 250 N ranging from 45% to 95% and a springiness of greater than or equal to 20%, the body including,
- a fiber-polymer-binder composite defining a plurality of pores, the fiber-polymer-binder composite including,
- a mouth-stable polymer,
- a tobacco fiber, and
- a mouth-soluble binder.
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An oral product comprising:
- a body having a compressibility at 250 N ranging from 45% to 95%, and a springiness of greater than or equal to 20%, the body including,
- a fiber-polymer-binder composite including,
- a mouth-stable polymer including polyurethane,
- a cellulosic fiber,
- a mouth-soluble binder, and
- nicotine, a nicotine derivative, or both nicotine and a nicotine
- derivative disposed within the fiber-polymer-binder composite.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.