# US 11,439,115 B2 · Hybrid tobacco plants from crosses between flue-cured and air-cured tobacco types

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- Number: US 11,439,115 B2
- Document ID: US11439115B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/630,072
- Filed: 2018-07-10
- Published: 2020-07-23
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-11
- Assignees: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Applicants: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Inventors: Oscar Francisco Swenson Pontes; Carlos Pulcinelli
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439115B2

## CPC

- A01H 6/823: {Nicotiana, e.g. tobacco}
- A01H 5/10: Seeds
- A01H 5/12: Leaves
- A24B 13/00: Tobacco for pipes, for cigars, e.g. cigar inserts, or for cigarettes; Chewing tobacco; Snuff (reconstituted tobacco products A24B3/14)
- A24B 15/00: Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form (A24B3/00 takes precedence)
- A24B 15/10: Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
- A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES
- A24B: MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF

## Abstract

The present invention provides a cured hybrid tobacco plant or a part thereof made between a parent flue-cured tobacco plant and a parent non-flue-cured tobacco plant; which cured hybrid tobacco plant or a part thereof comprises one or more flavour compounds which are a breakdown product of cis-abienol at a concentration which is about equal to or greater than the concentration in the cured parent non-flue-cured tobacco plant.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hybrid tobacco plant of variety Nicotiana tabacum L; P10215428 or a part thereof, grown from a seed representative of said variety, said representative seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123790.

### Claim 2

A seed of hybrid tobacco variety Nicotiana tabacum L; P10215428, wherein representative seed of said tobacco variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123790.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A plant cell, a plant propagation material, or a harvested material of a hybrid tobacco plant or a part thereof as defined in claim 1.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

Processed tobacco material comprising a harvested material or leaf from a hybrid tobacco plant as defined in claim 1.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The processed tobacco material according to claim 4, wherein the harvested material or leaf is processed by curing, fermentation, pasteurising or combinations thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The processed tobacco material of claim 5, wherein said tobacco is flue-cured.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

A tobacco blend comprising said tobacco material according to claim 4.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The tobacco blend of claim 7, wherein between approximately 25% and approximately 50% of said tobacco blend comprises tobacco material from said hybrid tobacco plant.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

A tobacco product comprising the tobacco material of claim 4.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The tobacco product of claim 9, wherein said product is selected from the group consisting of a cigarette, a cigarillo, a non-ventilated recess filter cigarette, a vented recess filter cigarette, a cigar, snuff, pipe tobacco, cigar tobacco, cigarette tobacco, chewing tobacco, leaf tobacco, shredded tobacco, and cut tobacco.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A population of the hybrid tobacco plant as defined in claim 1.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The hybrid plant according to claim 1, wherein said hybrid tobacco plant is male sterile.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A smoking article, smokeless tobacco product or tobacco heating device comprising a plant or a part thereof according to claim 1.

### Claim 14 (depends on 3)

The harvested material of claim 3, wherein the harvested material is harvested leaf.

### Claim 15 (depends on 4)

The processed tobacco material of claim 4, wherein the processed tobacco material is processed tobacco leaf.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The processed tobacco material of claim 15, wherein the processed tobacco leaf is non-viable processed tobacco leaf.

### Claim 17 (depends on 5)

The processed tobacco material of claim 5, wherein the processed tobacco material is processed tobacco leaf.

### Claim 18 (depends on 6)

The processed tobacco material of claim 6, wherein the processed tobacco material is processed tobacco leaf.