US Patent Issued to Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) on Nov. 25 for "Method and device for examining rod-shaped products of the cigarette industry" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,092, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) (Verden, Germany).

"Method and device for examining rod-shaped products of the cigarette industry" was invented by Michael Czarnotta (Bremen, Germany) and Karl-Heinz Breithaupt (Dorverden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for examining rod-shaped products of the cigarette industry, having a cylindrical lateral surface and two end faces formed by two filter elements arranged at opposite ends, the product having smokable material between the two end faces, by: a) irradiating the lateral surface using examination light whereby the examination l...