US Patent Issued to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco on Feb. 3 for "Nonwoven pouch comprising heat sealable binder fiber" (North Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,943, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Nonwoven pouch comprising heat sealable binder fiber" was invented by Andries Don Sebastian (Kathleen, Ga.), Alton Busbee (Lexington, N.C.), Jeremy Barrett Mabe (Lexington, N.C.), Yan Pu (Raleigh, N.C.), Eric Taylor Hunt (Pfafftown, N.C.) and Bruce Alan Bengtsson (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pouched product adapted for release of a water-soluble component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition that includes a water-soluble comp...