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AMERICAN FILTRONA CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    188
About

AMERICAN FILTRONA CORP has a total of 188 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1964. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets consumer goods, machines and textiles and paper are MUELLER PAUL A, MORGENSTERN DAVID and CIGARETTE COMPONENTS LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing AMERICAN FILTRONA CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Berger Richard M 131
#2 Sproull Reavis C 24
#3 Jaisinghani Rajan A 10
#4 Holden Herbert K 9
#5 Berger R 7
#6 Byrne Stanley W 6
#7 Brooks Elwin W 6
#8 Fjeld Robert A 5
#9 Berger R M 5
#10 Brooks E 4

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
GB9917819D0 Filter for a cigarette and filter cigarette
GB9917820D0 Filter for a cigarette and filter-tipped cigarette
GB9907457D0 Smoke filter and wrapper
US6103181A Method and apparatus for spinning a web of mixed fibers, and products produced therefrom
US6026819A Tobacco smoke filter incorporating sheath-core bicomponent fibers and tobacco smoke product made therefrom
US5911224A Biodegradable polyvinyl alcohol tobacco smoke filters, tobacco smoke products incorporating such filters, and methods and apparatus for making same
US5607766A Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom
US5632286A Crimped elements for cigarettes and the like and methods and apparatus for making same
US5509430A Bicomponent fibers and tobacco smoke filters formed therefrom
US5195543A Balanced flow tobacco smoke filter
US4940470A Single field ionizing electrically stimulated filter
US4822193A Ink reservoir having continuous random sliver with stretch yarn
AU7781687A Cooling apparatus in a filter maker
US4853005A Electrically stimulated filter method and apparatus
US4869275A Ultra-high filtration filter
EP0244431A1 Electrically stimulated filter method and apparatus.
US4784632A Tobacco smoke filter and method and apparatus for making same
US4747814A Fiber separator
US4729808A Ink reservoir having continuous random sliver with stretch yarn
US4675064A Smoke filter having extended film overwrap and method and apparatus for fabricating same