US 11,944,115 B2
Methods and systems for incorporating nicotine into oral products
Feng Gao, Midlothian, VA (US); Shuzhong Zhuang, Glen Allen, VA (US); and Diane L. Gee, Chesterfield, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,255.
Application 16/507,243 is a division of application No. 15/351,571, filed on Nov. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,349,672, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Application 17/380,255 is a continuation of application No. 16/507,243, filed on Jul. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,076,631, issued on Aug. 3, 2021.
Application 15/351,571 is a continuation of application No. 14/333,877, filed on Jul. 17, 2014, granted, now 9,521,864, issued on Dec. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/856,409, filed on Jul. 19, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345657 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A23G 4/06 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); C07D 401/04 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 15/16 (2013.01) [A23G 4/06 (2013.01); A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/285 (2013.01); A24B 15/303 (2013.01); C07D 401/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral product comprising:
a mixture including,
a cellulosic material, the cellulosic material including wood pulp, cotton, sugar beet, bran, citrus pulp fiber, switch grass, grass, Salix, tea, Populus, bamboo fiber, or any combinations thereof, and
diluted nicotine absorbed into pores of the cellulosic material, the diluted nicotine including,
nicotine, and
a diluent including a medium chain triglyceride.