US Patent Issued to KT&G on June 23 for "Method and apparatus for manufacturing flavor capsule of tobacco" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,848, issued on June 23, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for manufacturing flavor capsule of tobacco" was invented by Ick Joong Kim (Daedeok-gu Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Seop Hwang (Daedeok-gu Daejeon, South Korea), Chang Gook Lee (Daedeok-gu Daejeon, South Korea), Mi Jeong Bang (Daedeok-gu Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Gon Lee (Daedeok-gu Daejeon, South Korea) and Han Joo Chung (Daedeok-gu Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane tank for storing a ...