US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on July 7 for "Method for treating tobacco material and treated tobacco material" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,666, issued on July 7, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Method for treating tobacco material and treated tobacco material" was invented by Michel Philippe Blanc (Corcelles, Switzerland) and Lucien Bovet (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for treating tobacco material, the method comprising: o fermenting the tobacco material to obtain treated tobacco material, including: #incubating the tobacco material under anaerobic conditions; #applying a pressure to the tobacco material comprised between 1000 kilograms per square meter and 4000 kilo...