US 12,127,580 B2
Tobacco blend
Joseph Sutton, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 15/775,240
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2016, PCT No. PCT/GB2016/053556
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/081487, PCT Pub. Date May 18, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1520056 (GB), filed on Nov. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0325174 A1, Nov. 15, 2018
Int. Cl. A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 9/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/18 (2013.01) [A24B 9/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24B 15/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium which release compounds by heating, but not burning, the composition, the composition comprising:
about 20-40% by weight of a first material selected from the group of a dark air-cured tobacco, a dark fire-cured tobacco, or a combination thereof;
about 5-35% by weight of a second material selected from the group of a flue-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties thereof, a sun-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties thereof, or a combination thereof, said second material having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond flue-curing and/or sun-curing, and
about 25-80% by weight of a third material selected from the group of a flue-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties thereof, a sun-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties thereof, or a combination thereof,
wherein the further treatment of the third material includes a Maillard reaction, and wherein only the third material has been treated with the Maillard reaction following the flue-curing and/or sun-curing,
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.