US Patent Issued to KT&G on May 6 for "Smoking article comprising a tube filter and a method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,097, issued on May 6, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Smoking article comprising a tube filter and a method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jin Chul Yang (Sejong, South Korea), Jong Yeol Kim (Sejong, South Korea), Ki Jin Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Bong Su Cheong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee Tae Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a smoking article including a tube filter includes preparing a smoking material portion, a first tube filter flavored by a first flavoring liquid, and a mouthpiece flavored by a second flavoring liquid; and combining and packag...