ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,617, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Method for producing a bobbin including a material containing alkaloids" was invented by Stefan Lauenstein (Cormondreche, Switzerland), Bertrand Barbou Des Courieres (Peseux, Switzerland) and Marc A.F. Van Den Boogaart (Giez, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a method for producing a bobbin the method comprising the steps of: -providing a web (210) of a material containing alkaloids, wherein the web of a material containing alkaloids contains at least about 5 percent in dry weight basis of an aer...