US 11,678,694 B2
Smoking article filter and insertable filter unit therefor
Graham Penrose, Milton Keynes (GB); Michael Malthouse, Milton Keynes (GB); David Wake, Milton Keynes (GB); Gary Fulcher, Milton Keynes (GB); Michael Simpson, Sibuya-ku (JP); Aaron Brookbank, London (GB); Gordon Grierson, London (GB); Jon Hindley, London (GB); John Sampson, London (GB); Rabya Khan-Dar, London (GB); Karl Kaljura, London (GB); Lean Ho Ong, London (GB); John Richardson, London (GB); John Major, London (GB); and Richard Young, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,558.
Application 16/933,558 is a continuation of application No. 14/129,879, granted, now 10,729,171, previously published as PCT/EP2012/062496, filed on Jun. 27, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 1110863 (GB), filed on Jun. 27, 2011; and application No. 1209426 (GB), filed on May 28, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345063 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A24D 3/04 (2006.01); A24D 3/06 (2006.01); A24D 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC A24D 3/04 (2013.01) [A24D 3/048 (2013.01); A24D 3/061 (2013.01); A24D 3/14 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insertable filter unit for a heat-not-burn product comprising a recess, the filter unit comprising a retaining means to retain the insertable filter unit in the recess, wherein the insertable filter unit comprises a flavourant comprising tobacco, the same insertable filter unit also comprising filtration material.