22nd Century Group Inc (XXII)

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22nd Century Group: patents granted For 22nd Century Group's technology to virtually eliminate nicotine in tobacco plants
7:49 AM ET, 07/30/2014 - Briefing.com
Co announced that the USPTO on July 29, 2014 and the Korean Intellectual Property Office on July 23, 2014, each granted a patent to the Company for its NBB technology that virtually eliminates nicotine in the tobacco plant.
The resulting tobacco plants are planted, grown, harvested, cured, processed, and made into tobacco products, including cigarettes, exactly the same as conventional tobacco. U.S. Patent 8,791,329, Reducing Levels of Nicotinic Alkaloids in Plants, contains 33 claims. South Korean Patent 10-1413122, also titled, Reducing Levels of Nicotinic Alkaloids in Plants, contains 15 claims. These two patents and related International Patent Application PCT/IB2006/001741, cover methods for producing tobacco plants with decreased nicotine levels and the resulting tobacco plants and products produced therefrom. There are various continuation and divisional patent applications related to these granted patents pending in both patent offices.
Patent applications for the NBB technology have been filed by 22nd Century worldwide and patents are currently issued to 22nd Century in the U.S., China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Australia and South Africa.