	US 12,256,774 B2
	Rods for use in smoking articles
Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Saxon (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,240.
Application 17/591,240 is a continuation of application No. 16/841,451, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,272,732.
Application 16/841,451 is a continuation of application No. 15/900,468, filed on Feb. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,624,385, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 15/900,468 is a continuation of application No. 14/123,166, granted, now 9,930,910, issued on Apr. 3, 2018, previously published as PCT/EP2012/060230, filed on May 31, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 11250571 (EP), filed on May 31, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151286 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24B 3/14 (2006.01); A24B 15/12 (2006.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24C 5/18 (2006.01); A24D 1/00 (2020.01); A24D 1/22 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)

CPC A24D 1/20 (2020.01) [A24B 3/14 (2013.01); A24B 15/12 (2013.01); A24B 15/16 (2013.01); A24B 15/165 (2013.01); A24B 15/30 (2013.01); A24C 5/18 (2013.01); A24D 1/002 (2013.01); A24D 1/22 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)]

14 Claims

1. A smoking article comprising an aerosol-generating substrate,

wherein the aerosol-generating substrate is a rod comprising a gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material circumscribed by a wrapper,

wherein the gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material comprises one or more aerosol-formers and has an aerosol-former content of greater than 5% on a dry weight basis,

wherein the gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material has a tobacco content of at least 70% by weight on a dry weight basis,

wherein the gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material comprises between 1% and 5% non-tobacco fibers by weight on a dry weight basis,

wherein the rod has a length of between 5 mm and 20 mm, and

wherein the gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material has a grammage of between 100 g/m²and 300 g/m².