Cigarette filter inspection method, cigarette filter inspection apparatus, and cigarette filter inspection program

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11514566
APP PUB NO 20200302594A1
SERIAL NO

16899232

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A cigarette filter inspection method of inspecting a solid flavor element to be disposed in a void between two filter plugs placed in outer filter wrapper, and the cigarette filter inspection method includes an illumination step of irradiating the void with illumination light, an imaging step of obtaining an inspection image of a region containing the void, a filler detection step of detecting the flavor element based on contrast between the void and the flavor element in the inspection image, and an inspection step of inspecting the flavor element detected in the inspection image.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

  • JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arae, Kazumasa Tokyo, JP 4 2
Otokawa, Takuya Tokyo, JP 2 0

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation

Maintenance Fees

Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee due date
3.5 Year Payment $1600.00 $800.00 $400.00 May 29, 2026
7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 May 29, 2030
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 May 29, 2034
Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee
Surcharge - 3.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable $700.00 $350.00 $175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional $1,640.00 $820.00 $410.00