# US 11,896,046 B2 · Nicotine containing sheet

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- Number: US 11,896,046 B2
- Document ID: US11896046B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/473,303
- Filed: 2017-12-20
- Published: 2020-05-07
- Granted: 2024-02-13
- Earliest claimed: 2016-12-30
- Assignees: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Applicants: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Inventors: Corinne Deforel; Judith Waller; Gerard Zuber
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896046B2

## CPC

- A24B 15/12: of reconstituted tobacco
- A24B 3/14: Forming reconstituted tobacco products, e.g. wrapper materials, sheets, imitation leaves, rods, cakes; Forms of such products (delustering A24C1/40)
- A24B 15/14: made of tobacco and a binding agent not derived from tobacco
- A24B 15/16: of tobacco substitutes
- A24B 15/165: {comprising as heat source a carbon fuel or an oxidized or thermally degraded carbonaceous fuel, e.g. carbohydrates, cellulosic material}
- A24B 15/167: in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes
- A24C 5/01: Making cigarettes for simulated smoking devices
- A24D 1/20: Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
- A24F 42/10: Devices with chemical heating means
- A24B: MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
- A24C: MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
- A24D: CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)

## Abstract

A sheet is provided, including a fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts, and sugar, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sheet, comprising:
a fibrous material;
one or more nicotine salts;
sugar; and
at least one aerosol former, wherein the sheet has an aerosol former content of at least 15% by weight on a dry weight basis,
wherein at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts is monoprotic, and
wherein the sheet comprises no tobacco material.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of reducing sugar to total sugar in the sheet on a dry weight basis is less than about 1:2.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of cyclic sugar to total sugar in the sheet on a dry weight basis is less than about 1:3.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, having a sugar alcohol content of at least about 15% by weight on a dry weight basis.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, further comprising mannitol, sorbitol, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, wherein a weight ratio of sugar alcohol to total sugar in the sheet on a dry weight basis is at least about 2:3.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, wherein the one or more nicotine salts are selected from the group consisting of nicotine acetate, nicotine benzoate, nicotine gallate, nicotine lactate, nicotine laurate, nicotine levulinate, nicotine palmitate, nicotine pyruvate, nicotine sorbate, and nicotine stearate.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, wherein the at least one aerosol former selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 1,3-butanediol, and glycerine.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The sheet according to claim 1, further comprising one or more natural gum binders selected from the group consisting of guar gum, xanthan gum, and gum arabic.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

An aerosol-generating rod comprising a gathered sheet according to claim 1 circumscribed by a wrapper.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The aerosol-generating rod according to claim 10, wherein the gathered sheet is crimped.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

An aerosol-generating article, comprising:
an aerosol-forming substrate,
wherein the aerosol-forming substrate comprises an aerosol-generating rod according to claim 10.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

An aerosol-generating article, comprising:
a combustible heat source; and
an aerosol-generating substrate disposed downstream of the combustible heat source,
wherein the aerosol-generating substrate comprises an aerosol-generating rod according to claim 10.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

An aerosol-generating article, comprising:
an aerosol-generating substrate for an electrically-heated aerosol-generating system,
wherein the aerosol-generating substrate comprises an aerosol-generating rod according to claim 10.

### Claim 15

A sheet, comprising:
a fibrous material;
one or more nicotine salts; and
sugar,
wherein the sheet has a total sugar content of at least about 15% by weight on a dry weight basis and a total nicotine salt content of at least about 1% by weight on a dry weight basis,
wherein at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts is monoprotic, and
wherein the sheet comprises no tobacco material.