ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,642, issued on April 22.

"Smoking product and method of making" was invented by Daniel S. Sinclair Jr. (Mandeville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are materials for making a hand rolled smoking article having a novel sheet. The sheet can include a rectangular portion and an irregular shaped portion. The sheet can be manufactured from tobacco leaf or foil, homogenized tobacco paper, or conventionally available rolling paper. The sheet can be filled with a filler material and rolled to form a cigar or cigarette."

The patent was filed on March 9, 2021, under Application No. 17/195,761.

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