	US 12,446,612 B2
	Pouched product for oral use
Aase Bodin, Fjärås (SE)
Assigned to Swedish Match North Europe AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/849,639
Filed by SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/058565 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2024, PCT Pub. No. WO2023/194261, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 22167197 (EP), filed on Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0107562 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A24F 15/16 (2006.01); D04H 1/4258 (2012.01); D04H 1/587 (2012.01); D04H 1/64 (2012.01); D21H 13/08 (2006.01); D21H 17/57 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01)

CPC A24B 13/00 (2013.01) [A24B 15/16 (2013.01); D04H 1/4258 (2013.01); D04H 1/587 (2013.01); D04H 1/64 (2013.01); D21H 13/08 (2013.01); D21H 17/57 (2013.01); D21H 27/00 (2013.01); D10B 2401/063 (2013.01); D10B 2505/10 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A pouched product for oral use comprising a saliva-permeable pouch and a filling material being enclosed in the pouch, wherein the pouch is formed from a nonwoven material comprising fibres and a binder, characterized in that the fibres in the nonwoven material are cellulose fibres and in that the binder is a biodegradable polyester-polyurethane binder applied to the fibres of the nonwoven material and wherein the binder is present in an amount within the range of from 17% by weight to 29% by weight based on a total weight of the pouch material, wherein the polyester-polyurethane binder has been applied to the fibres in the nonwoven material in the form of a polyester-polyurethane dispersion.