Degradable cigarette filter: pill with multilayered coating

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8397733
APP PUB NO 20110174324A1
SERIAL NO

12687912

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A degradable cigarette filter includes a filter element of a bloomed cellulose acetate tow and a plug wrap surrounding the filter element, and a pill dispersed in the tow. The pill includes a material adapted to catalyze hydrolysis of the cellulose acetate tow that is encapsulated with an inner layer of a water soluble or water permeable material and an outer layer of a cellulose acetate having a D.S. in the range of 2.0-2.6.

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ACETATE INTERNATIONAL LLCSUITE 900N 222 W LAS COLINAS BLVD IRVING TX 75039

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Robertson, Raymond M Blacksburg, US 29 195

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