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ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TREATMENTS FOR INCREASING SEED YIELDS

Application Number: 20120042419
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Wilson, Charles L.; Heidinger, Glenn F.

UV light treatment increases harvested seed yield. UV treatment in combination with chemical treatment also increases seed yield. UV treatment of corn, soybean, and wheat varieties resulted in enhanced harvested seed yield. Hormetic response, disinfection, disinfestations, and other factors are induced by UV ...

Compositions And Methods Comprising Sequences Having Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase (HPPD) Activity

Application Number: 20120042413
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Siehl, Daniel L.; Castle, Linda A.; Albert, Henrik; Bermudez, Ericka R.; Dong, Yuxia; Heckert, Matthew J.; Hou, Jingtong; Hou, Zhenglin; Lu, Jian; Tao, Yumin

Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity and having insensitivity to an HPPD inhibitor are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the HPPD sequences. Various methods of employing the HPPD sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing an HPPD inhibitor tolerant plant, plant cell, explant or seed and ...

INSECTICIDAL (1,3,5)-TRIAZINYL PHENYL HYDRAZONES

Application Number: 20120040837
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Niyaz, Noormohamed M.; Guenthenspberger, Katherine A.; Brown, Annette V.; Nugent, Jaime S.; Hunter, Ricky

(1,3,5)-Triazinyl phenyl hydrazones are effective at controlling ...

COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING ETHYLENE RESPONSE IN FIELD CROPS USING 3-(CY-CLOPROPYL-L-ENYL)-PROPANOIC SALT

Application Number: 20120040836
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Apelbaum, Akiva; Huberman, Moshe; Riov, Joseph; Goren, Raphael; Goldshmidt, Eliezer

A method of inhibiting an ethylene response in a field crop is disclosed, comprising the step of applying to at least one portion of at least one plant of said field crop an amount of a solution of a water soluble cyclopropyl-1-enyl-propanoic acid salt (WS-CPD, Formula I) effective to produce inhibition of an ethylene response in said at least one plant, wherein M is chosen from the group consisting of Na, Li, K, and ...

Method for Improved Use of the Production Potential of Genetically Modified Plants

Application Number: 20120040835
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Jeschke, Peter; Andersch, Wolfram; Hungenberg, Heike

The invention relates to a method for improving the utilization of the production potential of a genetically modified plant where the plant is treated with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula (I)

- in which
- R¹to R³, X, L, n and ...

Surfactants in Agrochemical Formulations

Application Number: 20120040834
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Blease, Trevor Graham; Lindner, Gregory James; Richards, Lee David

Surfactant compounds which include an amine ended polyalkylene glycol hydrophile linked to C₂₂to C₆₀mainly hydrocarbyl, particularly composite hydrocarbyl, especially derived from a polymerised fatty acid and/or an aralkyl substituted phenol, hydrophobe, are useful in dispersing solids, particularly active agrochemicals, in aqueous media, or as adjuvants in agrochemical formulations, particularly of water soluble non-selective herbicides. In particular the hydrophobe is ...

Agricultural pesticide compositions

Application Number: 20120040833
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Shanmuganandamurthy, Krishnamurthy; Kisenwether, Michael J.; McKnight, Michelle; Bramati, Valerio; Sclapari, Thierry

A pesticide composition contains, based on 100 parts by weight (“pbw”) of the composition: (a) from about 15 to about 65 pbw of one or more pesticide compounds, (b) from greater than 0 to about 10 pbw of one or more fatty acid (C₁-C₃) esters, and (c) optionally, up to about 20 pbw of one or more surfactants, wherein the surfactant component typically comprises: (i) one or more betaine surfactants, (ii) one or more glycoside surfactants, (iii) one or more amine oxide ...

HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN AMINOPHOSPHATE OR AMINOPHOSPHONATE SALT AND AN N-ALKYL-PYRROLIDONE SOLVENT

Application Number: 20120040832
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Chuah, Poay huang; Guglieri, Massimo

The present invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising an aminophosphate or aminophosphonate salt, for example to herbicidal compositions comprising an aminophosphate or aminophosphonate potassium salt. Preferred compositions of the invention have a high amount and the aminophosphate or aminophosphonate salt. The invention also relates to compositions of matter (or blend) that are especially useful ingredients for preparing the compositions comprising the aminophosphate or ...

NITROGEN CONTAINING ISETHIONIC ACID SALTS IN FIELD READY SPRAY AND TANK MIXES

Application Number: 20120040831
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Tann, R. Scott; Stridde, Howard M.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an agricultural composition that is a field ready spray or a tank mix that includes at least one nitrogen containing isethionic acid salt, at least one agriculturally active ingredient, and at least one ...

HERBICIDAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING GLYPHOSATE AND ALKOXYLATED GLYCERIDES

Application Number: 20120040830
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Zhu, Shawn; Pallas, Norman R.

The present invention generally relates to herbicidal compositions, and more particularly, herbicidal compositions containing glyphosate or a salt thereof and a surfactant comprising at least one mono and/or diglyceride ...

BACTERIAL GHOSTS AS CARRIER AND TARGETING VEHICLES

Application Number: 20120040829
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Lubitz, Werner; Huter, Veronika

The invention concerns the use of bacterial ghosts as carrier and targeting vehicles for active ...

METHOD TO IMPROVE PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION IN PLANTS

Application Number: 20120040828
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Defez, Roberto

The present invention relates to the use of a bacterium having an high indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) content for solubilizing phosphate rock (PR) in the ground, wherein said bacterium is obtained by transformation with a gene encoding an agent able to increase the IAA ...

DISPERSANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS

Application Number: 20120040827
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Rodrigues, Klin A.; Alexander, Mark

An agrochemical formulation and its method of manufacture comprising an agrochemical active and a dispersant polymer comprising a copolymer of benzylmethacrylate, acrylic acid and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic ...

NOVEL HERBICIDES

Application Number: 20120040826
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Mathews, Christopher John; Smith, Steve; Taylor, John Benjamin; Jeanmart, Stephane André Marie

Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides.

MELTABLE SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPOSITION

Application Number: 20120037175
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Cantrell, Daniel Verdin; Chen, Gong

A meltable smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a particulate tobacco material and a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. An associated process is also provided. The process includes melting a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. to form a molten lipid composition, mixing a particulate tobacco material with the molten lipid composition to form a ...

TOBACCO PRODUCT FILTERS

Application Number: 20120037174
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Kalb, Roland; Steinlechner, Sepp

A tobacco product filter is provided comprising a carrier material which comprises an immobilized ionic liquid. By the term “tobacco product filter” may particularly be meant all sorts of filters which are suitable to remove harmful substances, particles, gases or the like from tobacco smoke. In particular, the tobacco product filter may be suitable to form cigarette, small cigars and smoking ...

FILTERED CIGARETTE INCORPORATING AN ADSORBENT MATERIAL

Application Number: 20120037173
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Banerjee, Chandra Kumar; Clark, Melissa Ann; Dunlap, Sharon Pitts

A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section ...

PLUG SPACE PLUG FILTER WITH FLAVOR BEAD

Application Number: 20120037172
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Lee, Robert E.; Allen, Jeffrey Lynn; Williams, Dwight D.; Longest, JR., Herbert Carrington

A filter component for a smoking article includes an upstream segment of filter material, a downstream segment of filter material in a spaced apart relation to the upstream segment of filter material so as to define a cavity therebetween, and a flavor bead disposed in the cavity. The flavor bead has an outer diameter, which is at least 75% of the spaced apart relation of the upstream segment of filter material and the downstream segment of filter material. The outer diameter of the flavor bead ...

PROCESS FOR MAKING A CONTINUOUS STRUCTURE OF AN ENCAPSULATED MATERIAL

Application Number: 20120037171
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Zhuang, Shuzhong; Karles, Georgios D.; Zeng, Yi

A method for providing an encapsulated flavorant or chemesthetic agent in a smoking article includes forming an emulsion including: (i) a first aqueous solution, comprising one or more cross-linkable polysaccharides; and (ii) a hydrophobic additive comprising one or more flavorants or chemesthetic agents. The method also includes extruding the emulsion into a second aqueous solution in the form of an elongated structure, cross-linking at least a portion of the one or more cross-linkable ...

SMOKING CESSATION TOBACCO PIPE

Application Number: 20120037170
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Wan, Liangchuan

A smoking cessation tobacco pipe helps smokers to fully and directly realize the harm of tobacco to a human body when they are smoking and give up smoking and publicize smoking cessation. The tobacco pipe is a transparency which is assembled with a top cover part (2) integrated with a smoke-inlet pipe (3) and a smoke-outlet pipe (4), a box body part (1), a bottom cover part (6) and a smoking pipe part (5), wherein the smoke-outlet pipe (4) is ...

AGRICULTURAL CONVEYOR MANIPULATOR

Application Number: 20120037058
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventors: Neufeld, Juan; Thiessen, Bernie

A manipulator is provided for the discharge conveyor of an agricultural seed cart. The manipulator allows the conveyor to be pivoted between a storage and transport position along the top of the cart and adjacent one side of the cart, and a use position extending from the rear of the cart. The manipulator also allows the conveyor to be swung approximately 180° to either side of the cart for discharge of seed to desired locations during use of the conveyor. The manipulator includes multiple ...

SEEDING METHOD AVOIDING OVERLAP

Application Number: 20120037057
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Beaujot, Norbert

A method for applying agricultural products on a field with an implement guided by an external guidance system, wherein the implement comprises a plurality of sections that can be turned on to apply the products or turned off to stop applying the products, includes mapping the field to determine an implement travel path; determining overlap areas in the field where a section of the implement on a later pass will travel over a portion of an earlier pass of the implement; moving the implement ...

SEED PANEL

Application Number: 20120036772
Publication Date: 2012-02-16
Inventor: Kennedy, Gregory

The present disclosure provides a composite article including at least one seed for planting and a method of forming the composite article. The composite article includes a substrate element and a cover element spaced from the substrate element. An adhesive layer is disposed between the substrate element and the cover element for coupling the substrate element and the cover element to one another. The composite article further includes at least one seed abutting the adhesive layer and disposed ...

PESTICIDE COMPOSITIONS OF MESO-SIZED PARTICLES WITH ENHANCED ACTIVITY

Application Number: 20120035054
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Kalantar, Thomas H.; Zhang, Qiang; Zhao, Min; Schmidt, Dale C.; Liu, Lei; Ehr, Robert J.

The present disclosure relates to pesticide compositions consisting of meso-sized particles in combination with certain adjuvants such as built-in adjuvants which are added directly to the formulation or to an aqueous dilution of the formulation such as tank-mix adjuvants, to provide enhanced effectiveness for the control of agricultural pests. Mesoparticle compositions containing such adjuvants have been found to provide improved effectiveness compared to mesoparticle compositions not ...

NOVEL HERBICIDES

Application Number: 20120035053
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Mathews, Christopher John; Tyte, Melloney; Robinson, Louisa; Clough, John Martin; Beautement, Kevin; Jeanmart, Stephane André Marie

Cyclohexanedione compounds, which are suitable for use as herbicides.

GRANULAR FERTILIZER CONTAINING HERBICIDAL AGROCHEMICAL

Application Number: 20120035052
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Kobayashi, Masanori; Kikuchi, Taiji; Ikeuchi, Toshihiro

Disclosed is a technique for achieving a required herbicidal effect using a small amount of a herbicide. Specifically disclosed are: a granular fertilizer containing a herbicidal agrochemical, which is characterized in that the granular fertilizer has been impregnated or coated with pyroxasulfone; and a weed eradication method which is characterized by applying the granular fertilizer to ...

Novel Heterocyclic Thiosubstituted Alkanol Derivatives

Application Number: 20120035051
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: NISING, Carl Friedrich; Benting, Jürgen; Wasnaire, Pierre; Dahmen, Peter; Greul, Jörg Nico; Peris, Gorka; Tsuchiya, Tomoki; Helmke, Hendrik; Cristau, Pierre

The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic thiosubstituted alkanol derivatives, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds and to their use as biologically active compounds, in particular for controlling harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials and as plant growth ...

Synergistic Combinations Of Active Ingredients

Application Number: 20120035050
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Velten, Robert; Thielert, Wolfgang; Jeschke, Peter; Hungenberg, Heike

The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising, firstly, at least one known compound of the formula (I)

in which
R¹and A have the meanings given in the description
and, secondly, at least one further known active compound from groups (2) to (27) listed in the description, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling animal pests such as insects and unwanted acarids and ...

Banded Papers, Smoking Articles and Methods

Application Number: 20120031417
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Lipowicz, Peter J.; Rasouli, Firooz; Parrish, Milton E.; Sherwood, Timothy S.; Li, Ping; Garg, Rajesh K.; Baren, Randall E.; Rose, Marc W.; Phan, Tony A.; Yang, Szu-Sung; Miser, Donald E.

Wrapper for cigarette manufacture includes transversely extending band regions applied by a printing technique, such as gravure printing. The band regions comprise starch, an anti-wrinkling agent such as 1,2 propylene glycol or glycerin, and optionally calcium carbonate. Any suitable printing technique can be used to apply the aqueous solution to the banded regions. The pattern of banded regions may be bands, stripes, two-dimensional arrays, undulated regions, and the like along and/or around ...

Fabric Having Tobacco Entangled with Structural Fibers

Application Number: 20120031416
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Rossman, James M.; Atchley, Frank Scott; Mishra, Munmaya K.

A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with ...

NON-TOBACCO MOIST SNUFF COMPOSITION AND A METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

Application Number: 20120031415
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: ESSEN, Tomas; BRANNBERG, Tobias; NORSTROM, Herman

A non-tobacco snuff composition for oral use including at least one type of plant fibers with a high dietary fiber content, wherein the fiber dietary content in the composition is 15-90 w/w % based on the dry weight of the composition and a method for manufacturing the non-tobacco snuff ...

COMPOSITE SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

Application Number: 20120031414
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Rossman, James M.; Atchley, Frank Scott; Mishra, Munmaya K.

A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a polymeric material in intimate contact with the smokeless tobacco and stabilized in conformance to a surface topography of the tobacco's fibrous structures such that the stabilized polymeric material secures the smokeless tobacco together. The smokeless tobacco product has a moisture-permeable porous surface and an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight ...

SINGULATING SEED

Application Number: 20120031315
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventor: Beaujot, Norbert

A seed feeding apparatus includes a feed assembly with a V-shaped groove with at least one moving wall and a pocket formed by the walls of the groove and a pocket plate configured to substantially conform to the groove. The pocket plate is located such that the moving wall moves upward at the pocket. Seeds are received and form a pile in the pocket. As the moving wall moves, seeds fall from the pile to the bottom of the groove with sides of the seeds bearing against the walls of the groove such ...

METHODS OF MANAGING TIMBERLAND

Application Number: 20120031314
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Bigelow, Fred H.; Duzan, Howard; Lowery, Robert F.; Kumar, Venkatesh H.

A method of managing timberland to optimize the combined revenue of a softwood tree crop and an energy crop generally includes planting a softwood tree crop in adjacent first and second rows, wherein the softwood tree crop has a tree spacing between adjacent trees and a row spacing in the range of about 15 to about 25 feet between the first and second rows, planting an energy crop in the row spacing, wherein the energy crop is a regenerating lignocellulosic energy crop, and periodically ...

LOW DOSE METHODS FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS

Application Number: 20120031313
Publication Date: 2012-02-09
Inventors: Vernon, Bob; Van Herk, Wim

Methods of combining seeds that have been differentially treated with various single or blended insecticides and/or other additives for low risk attract-and-kill or push-pull strategies for the management of insect pests such as wireworms are disclosed. A combination of seeds for controlling insect pests is also disclosed. The combination comprises a First seed treated with one or more insecticides; and a Second seed for attracting and/or directing soil insect pests to the First seed. The ...

METHODS OF PRODUCING GABA

Application Number: 20120030842
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Turano, Frank; Turano, Kathleen

The present invention describes an alternative approach to increase GABA production in prokaryotes or eukaryotes, namely by the insertion of the putrescine catabolic pathway in organisms where the pathway does not exist or has not clearly been identified. The invention describes methods for the use of polynucleotides that encode functional putrescine aminotransferase (PAT) and gamma-aminobutyricaldehyde dehydrogenase (GABAlde DeHase) polypeptides in plants to increase GABA production. The ...

3-BIPHENYL-SUBSTITUTED-3-SUBSTITUTED-4-KETOLACTAM AND KETOLACTONE AND THEIR UTILIZATION AS PESTICIDE

Application Number: 20120028804
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Feucht, Dieter; Reckmann, Udo; Drewes, Mark Wilhelm; Erdelen, Christoph; Fischer, Reiner; Lubos-Erdelen, Angelika; Ullmann, Astrid; Kuck, Karl-Heinz; Wachendorff-Neumann, Ulrike; Bretschneider, Thomas

The present invention relates to novel 3-biphenyl-substituted, 3-substituted 4-ketolactams and -lactones of the formula (I)

- in which
- A, B, Q, G, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the disclosure, to processes for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or ...

PYRIDAZINONE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF

Application Number: 20120028803
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventor: Fusaka, Takafumi

A pyridazinone compound represented by formula (I) wherein R¹represents a C_1-6alkyl group or a (C_1-6alkyloxy) C_1-6alkyl group, R²and R³represent hydrogen or a C_1-6alkyl group, W represents halogen, etc., Z¹represents a C_1-6alkyl group, Z²represents a C_1-6alkyl group, a C_3-8cycloalkyl group, etc., and n represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, has a weed-controlling ...

NITROGEN CONTAINING ISETHIONIC ACID SALT IN REGISTERABLE, STABLE AGRICULTURAL FORMULATIONS

Application Number: 20120028802
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Tann, R. Scott; Stridde, Howard M.

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an agricultural composition that is a registerable, stable agricultural formulation that includes at least one nitrogen containing isethionic acid salt, at least one plant protection product, at least one surfactant and optionally at least one inert ...

Corn Steep Liquor as A Biostimulant Composition

Application Number: 20120028801
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventor: Daniels, Ralph S.

Aspects of the invention relate to organic biostimulant compositions, including, for example, formulations comprising corn steep liquor (CSL) and water. In certain illustrative embodiments, the organic biostimulant composition further comprises from one to five microbial strains as an inoculant. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of cultivating plants that comprises the steps of preparing an organic biostimulant composition comprising water and CSL, and applying the organic ...

NOVEL HERBICIDES

Application Number: 20120028800
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Mathews, Christopher John; Scutt, James Nicholas; Finney, John; Robinson, Louisa; Delaney, John Stephen

Compounds of Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.

GROWTH ENHANCEMENT AND CONTROL OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL PLANT DISEASES WITH STREPTOMYCES SCOPULIRIDIS

Application Number: 20120028799
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: MARTIN, JR., William R.; SCOTT, Nicole J.

Methods of controlling plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant pathogens. The method comprises providing Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or an isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 and applying the Streptomyces scopuliridis strain RB72 or the isolated protein or polypeptide comprising the amino acid of SEQ ID NO:1 to plants or plant seeds under conditions effective to treat plant diseases mediated by bacterial or fungal plant ...

Soil-related and/or Crop-related Applications for Chlorine Dioxide

Application Number: 20120024744
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Blandford, Nick; Harrison, Ken; Cooke, Robert A.

Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, introducing chlorine dioxide to soil and/or planting a crop in the ...

BIOPOLYMER FOAMS AS FILTERS FOR SMOKING ARTICLES

Application Number: 20120024306
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Sweeney, William R.; Lipowicz, Peter J.; Mishra, Munmaya K.; Liu, Shengsheng

A process for preparing a filter plug for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes: (a) freeze-drying a solution of a biopolymer to form a structure; and (b) cutting the structure to a predetermined dimension, to thereby prepare a filter plug for a smoking article. Another process for preparing a filter plug for a smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes: (a) extruding a mixture of a foaming agent and a biopolymer comprising a protein to form a structure; and (b) cutting the ...

FABRICATION OF CORE/SHELL CAPSULES OF DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES AND TREATMENT THEREAFTER

Application Number: 20120024305
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Nepomuceno, Jose; Zhuang, Shuzhong; Liu, Hongwei; Karles, Georgios D.

Multi-shelled capsules are made by co-extruding a first liquid flavorant composition and a first shell-forming polymeric material to form droplets which are hardened to form an inner shell containing a first liquid flavorant composition, and then coated with a second shell-forming polymeric material which is hardened to form an outer shell. The result is a capsule where the inner surface of the outer shell is separate and/or separable from the outer surface of the inner shell to define a space, ...

Filter Element Comprising Multifunctional Fibrous Smoke-Altering Material

Application Number: 20120024304
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventor: Sebastian, Andries Don

A filter element for use in a smoking article and providing filtration of particulate material and gaseous components of mainstream smoke is provided. The filter element includes a segment of fibrous tow comprising a plurality of individual filaments, wherein each individual filament includes a plurality of adsorbent material particles at least partially encapsulated with a removable encapsulant imbedded therein. The individual filaments may further include an outer coating that provides a ...

CIGARETTE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CIGARETTE MATERIAL

Application Number: 20120024303
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Sakai, Tsutomu; Sugai, Kazunori; Kondo, Mitsuru; Inoue, Yasunobu; Sasakawa, Kiyohiro; Imai, Sadako; Murata, Fumiko

A cigarette includes a shredded tobacco rod and a cigarette paper that wraps the outer peripheral surface of the shredded tobacco rod. The shredded tobacco and/or the cigarette paper contains a transition metal salt of an organic ...

Filter for a smoking article

Application Number: 20120024302
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventor: Richardson, John

A filter for a smoking article such as a cigarette is provided comprising a body of smoke filtering material (1) and having a thread (5) incorporated therein. The thread is composed of material derived from a plant containing a naturally occurring tobacco ...

Preformed Smokeless Tobacco Product

Application Number: 20120024301
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventors: Holland, Tommy C.; Carroll, Andrew Nathan; Black, Shannon Maxwell; Macko, Jason Andrew; DiNovi, Christopher Joseph

Some embodiments of a smokeless tobacco system include one or more preformed smokeless tobacco products configured to generally retain their shape during processing, shipping, and consumer handling. In particular embodiments, each smokeless tobacco product can comprise a moist smokeless tobacco in combination with a selected binder such that the final product is configured to have material properties providing improved handling, an improved mouth feel, and a satisfying flavor ...

SEED RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD

Application Number: 20120024207
Publication Date: 2012-02-02
Inventor: Riggs, Brian L.

A seed retrieval apparatus for use with a seed planting device having row planters is provided. The seed retrieval apparatus may be used in instances of mechanical failures of the seed planting device and/or planting errors. The seed retrieval apparatus may include a discard hopper located on the seed planting device which is configured to receive discard seed from the row planters. Further, seed discard tubes of the seed retrieval apparatus each define a first end in fluid communication with a ...