ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,480, issued on June 3, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).
"Oral pouch product" was invented by Masashi Furukoshi (Tokyo), Atsushi Kuwahara (Tokyo) and Sosuke Watase (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention addresses the problem of providing an oral pouch product containing a novel oral composition to which a cool feeling (also referred to as sense of coolness, fresh taste, or the like) is imparted. The problem is solved by an oral pouch product formed from an oral composition containing nicotine, a sugar alcohol, and a cool feeling fragrance and a packaging material for packaging the oral composition. The we...