# US 2022/0030933 A1 · Elongated smoking article > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0030933 A1 - Document ID: US20220030933A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/297,401 - Filed: 2019-12-12 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-17 - Assignees: Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH - Applicants: Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH - Inventors: Jan FUHRMANN; Edward COOPER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220030933A1 ## CPC - A24D 1/02: with special covers - A24D 1/025: {the covers having material applied to defined areas, e.g. bands for reducing the ignition propensity} - A24D 1/002: {with additives, e.g. for flavouring} - A24D 1/045: {with smoke filter means (A24D1/047 takes precedence)} - A24D: CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES ## Abstract The present invention relates to an elongated smoking article (100) (100) that extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and comprises a cylindrical smoking body (10) with a combustible material (11) that is surrounded by a wrapping paper (12). The smoking article (100) further comprises a filter element (20) that is configured to reduce substances from combustion gases drawn through the filter element (20) from the burning smoking body (10). A first base area of the filter element faces a base area of the smoking body (10) and a second base area (26) is an open base area. A tipping paper (30) is circumscribing the smoking body (10) and the filter element (20) and is attached to external surfaces (13, 21) of the smoking body (10 and the filter element (20). According to the invention, a flavoring (80) is disposed in or on the tipping paper (30) spaced apart from the second base (26) area in the longitudinal direction and with a distribution that varies in a longitudinal direction (L) of the tipping paper (30), such that the amount and/or type of flavoring (80) contacting a smoker's lips (90) depends on a translational state of the elongated smoking article (100) with respect to the longitudinal direction (L). ## Claims ### Claim 1 Elongated smoking article extending in a longitudinal direction, comprising: a cylindrical smoking body with a combustible material surrounded by a wrapping paper; a filter element configured to reduce substances from combustion gases drawn through the filter element from the burning smoking body, wherein a first base area of the filter element faces a base area of the smoking body and a second base area is an open base area; and a tipping paper enclosing the smoking body and the filter element and being attached to external surfaces of the smoking body and the filter element, wherein a flavoring is disposed in or on the tipping paper spaced apart from the second base area in the longitudinal direction and with a distribution that varies in a longitudinal direction of the tipping paper. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Elongated smoking article according to claim 1, wherein the amount and/or type of flavoring contacting a smoker's lips depends on a translational state of the elongated smoking article with respect to the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Elongated smoking article according to claim 1, wherein the filter element has a cylindrical shape and the tipping paper is disposed on the cylindrical surface of the filter element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Elongated smoking article according to claim 3, wherein the flavoring is disposed within a first section of the tipping paper, the first section being a cylindrical surface segment of the tipping paper, the first section being spaced apart from the second base area for at least 3 mm in the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) Elongated smoking article according to claim 3, wherein the flavoring is disposed within a plurality of cylindrical surface segments of the tipping paper, the cylindrical surface segments being spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Elongated smoking article according to claim 5, wherein the width of the cylindrical surface segments varies along the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) Elongated smoking article according to claim 5, wherein the spacing between the cylindrical surface segments varies along the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) Elongated smoking article according to claim 5, wherein the concentration of flavoring differs in different cylindrical surface segments. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) Elongated smoking article according to claim 5, wherein different flavorings are disposed within different cylindrical surface segments. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) Elongated smoking article according to claim 4, wherein the remaining tipping paper does not comprise any flavoring. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Elongated smoking article according to claim 10, wherein a concentration of flavoring changes continuously along the longitudinal direction of the tipping paper. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Elongated smoking article according to claim 11, wherein the distribution of the flavoring further varies in a circumferential direction of the tipping paper and wherein the amount and/or type of flavoring contacting a smoker's lips further depends on rotational state of the elongated smoking article with respect to the circumferential direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) Elongated smoking article according to claim 12, wherein the flavoring is disposed in and/or on the tipping paper by applying a solution of flavoring to the tipping paper. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) Elongates smoking article according to claim 13, wherein the flavoring is disposed on the tipping paper by applying at least one layer of flavoring material on the tipping paper. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) Tipping paper for an elongated smoking article according to claim 1. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Elongated smoking article according to claim 1, wherein a concentration of flavoring changes continuously along the longitudinal direction of the tipping paper. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) Elongated smoking article according to claim 1, wherein the distribution of the flavoring further varies in a circumferential direction of the tipping paper and wherein the amount and/or type of flavoring contacting a smoker's lips further depends on rotational state of the elongated smoking article with respect to the circumferential direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) Elongated smoking article according to claim 1, wherein the flavoring is disposed in and/or on the tipping paper by applying a solution of flavoring to the tipping paper. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) Elongates smoking article according to claim 1, wherein the flavoring is disposed on the tipping paper by applying at least one layer of flavoring material on the tipping paper.