US 12,108,779 B2
Tobacco blend
Joseph Sutton, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 16/348,769
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/078638
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/087164, PCT Pub. Date May 17, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1618993 (GB), filed on Nov. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0289901 A1, Sep. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 9/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/10 (2006.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24D 3/12 (2006.01); A24F 1/14 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/00 (2013.01) [A24B 15/10 (2013.01); A24B 15/18 (2013.01); A24B 15/306 (2013.01); A24D 3/12 (2013.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 1/14 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising:
50-85% by weight of a first tobacco component that has been dark air-cured, dark fire-cured, or both dark air-cured and dark fire-cured;
5-50% 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
5-50% 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, the Maillard reaction enhancing the flavor properties of the third tobacco component, and
wherein the first, second and third tobacco components are mixed together to form a porous tobacco composition with the Maillard reaction occurring prior to mixing the third tobacco component with the first and second tobacco components.