Composite smokeless tobacco products, systems, and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8978661
APP PUB NO 20120031414A1
SERIAL NO

13198023

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A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a polymeric material in intimate contact with the smokeless tobacco and stabilized in conformance to a surface topography of the tobacco's fibrous structures such that the stabilized polymeric material secures the smokeless tobacco together. The smokeless tobacco product has a moisture-permeable porous surface and an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent.

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ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC6601 WEST BROAD STREET RICHMOND VA 23230

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Atchley, Frank Scott Midlothian, US 62 1342
Mishra, Munmaya K Manakin Sabot, US 190 3376
Rossman, James M Tampa, US 20 1483

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