US Patent Issued to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES on July 8 for "Modifying taste and sensory irritation of smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco products" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,306, issued on July 8, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Modifying taste and sensory irritation of smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco products" was invented by Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.), Georgios D. Karles (Richmond, Va.) and Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tobacco products comprising smokeless tobacco products and active ingredients, including those that antagonize nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, the TRPV1 channel, and/or the TRPA1 channel are disclosed. Nicotine replacement therapies comprising active ingredients, including those that antagonize nicotinic acetylcho...