Smoking article with contoured filter portion

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10779566
APP PUB NO 20150272206A1
SERIAL NO

14428486

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A smoking article includes a contoured filter element having a cylindrical rod end portion and a cylindrical mouth end portion and a contoured portion between the cylindrical rod end portion and the cylindrical mouth end portion. The contoured portion defines an exterior surface of the smoking article and having a first cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of either the cylindrical rod end portion or the cylindrical mouth end portion.

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  • PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS SA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Besso, Clement Neuchatel, CH 52 305
Camus, Alexandre Colombier, CH 8 66
Kuersteiner, Charles Jouxtens-Mezery, CH 31 384
Tritz, Dorothy Yverdon-les-Bains, CH 9 72

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