US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Feb. 10 for "Methods and machines for making oral products" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,966, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Methods and machines for making oral products" was invented by Carl Gregory Miller (Richmond, Va.), Charles Lester Dendy (Ruther Glen, Va.), Jeremy J. Straight (Midlothian, Va.) and Gregory James Griscik (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an oral product includes extruding a mixture, conveying the extruded mixture through one or more pairs of forming rollers, and cutting the extruded mixture into one or more oral products. The mixture can include polymer and at least one flavorant, sweetener, active ingredient, or com...