US Patent Issued to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco on Sept. 9 for "Smokeless tobacco pastille" (California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,692, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Smokeless tobacco pastille" was invented by Jerry Wayne Marshall (Stokesdale, Calif.), Daniel Verdin Cantrell (Lewisville, N.C.) and Serban C. Moldoveanu (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smokeless tobacco pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco pastille can include (i) a tobacco material present in an amount of less than about 40 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about ...