US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Sept. 8 for "Polymer encased smokeless tobacco products" (Virginia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,440, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Polymer encased smokeless tobacco products" was invented by Andrew Nathan Carroll (Chester, Va.), Shannon Maxwell Black (Richmond, Va.), Yan Helen Sun (Midlothian, Va.), William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.), Christopher Joseph Dinovi (Ruther Glen, Va.), David Phillips (Richmond, Va.), Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond, Va.) and Robert Smith (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for encasing bodies including smokeless tobacco or a tobacco substitute with a polymeric casing can include coating a compressed body with microfibers, applying tu...