ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,325, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to REEMTSMA CIGARETTENFABRIKEN GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Elongated smoking article" was invented by Jan Fuhrmann (Hamburg, Germany) and Edward Cooper (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an elongated smoking article that extends in a longitudinal direction and comprises a cylindrical smoking body with a combustible material that is surrounded by a wrapping paper. The smoking article further comprises a filter element that is configured to reduce substances from combustion gases drawn through the filter element from the burning smoking body. A first base a...