US 12,185,749 B2
Tobacco blend
Joseph Sutton, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 16/348,764
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/078641
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/087165, PCT Pub. Date May 17, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1618994 (GB), filed on Nov. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0357590 A1, Nov. 28, 2019
Int. Cl. A24B 15/10 (2006.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24F 15/015 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/10 (2013.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24B 15/306 (2013.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 15/015 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising:
0-50% by weight of a first tobacco component that has been air-cured, fire-cured, or both air-cured and fire-cured, said first tobacco component having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond air-curing and/or fire-curing;
40-80% by weight of a second tobacco component that has been flue-cured, sun-cured, or both flue-cured and sun-cured, said second tobacco component having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond flue-curing and/or sun-curing; and
10-40% by weight of a third tobacco component that has been flue-cured, sun-cured, or both flue-cured and sun-cured, wherein only the third tobacco component has been subjected to a flavor enhancing Maillard reaction following the flue-curing and/or sun-curing, the Maillard reaction enhancing the flavor properties of the third tobacco component.