Dehydration of tobacco and tobacco-derived materials
US-2025344747-A1 · Nov 13, 2025 · US
Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence)
Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence) · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Agriculture, food, personal care, health, and life sciences.
Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | A24B3/04 |
| Official title | Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence) |
| Display label | Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence) |
| Total patents | 57 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is growing.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 14 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Smoking material including expanded tobacco leaves, method of preparing the same, and smoking article including the same
US-2025311763-A1 · Oct 9, 2025 · US
Dehydration of tobacco and tobacco-derived materials
US-12369616-B2 · Jul 29, 2025 · US
Methods for treating tobacco material, apparatus for treating tobacco material, treated tobacco material and uses thereof
US-2025204574-A1 · Jun 26, 2025 · US
Method of aging smoking material by utilizing oak barrel and smoking article manufactured using the same
US-12317916-B2 · Jun 3, 2025 · US
Dryer for herbaceous material with access heating
US-12313339-B2 · May 27, 2025 · US
Method for producing a reconstituted tobacco leaves sheet that reduces loss of cigarette end, and cigarette containing reconstituted tobacco leaves sheet produced thereby
US-2025160384-A1 · May 22, 2025 · US
Methods for treating tobacco material, apparatus for treating tobacco material, treated tobacco material and uses thereof
US-12268232-B2 · Apr 8, 2025 · US
Aerosol generating article and method of manufacturing the same
US-2025089754-A1 · Mar 20, 2025 · US
Methods of treating cut stem tobacco material
US-12250962-B2 · Mar 18, 2025 · US
Methods of treating cut stem tobacco material
US-2025072464-A1 · Mar 6, 2025 · US
Methods and apparatus for treating plant-derived material
US-2025049097-A1 · Feb 13, 2025 · US
Dryer for herbaceous material having a channel-shaped collector
US-12213511-B2 · Feb 4, 2025 · US
Abnormally-shaped tobacco granules and preparation method thereof, tobacco product and preparation method thereof
US-12213512-B2 · Feb 4, 2025 · US
Device and method for removing unwanted objects from cut tobacco in a cut tobacco production line
US-11944116-B1 · Apr 2, 2024 · US
Stem screening and conditioning device and method of using the same
US-11849755-B2 · Dec 26, 2023 · US
Aerosol-generating article and method of manufacturing the same
US-2023354885-A1 · Nov 9, 2023 · US
Stem screening and conditioning device and method of using the same
US-2023189868-A1 · Jun 22, 2023 · US
A method for treating tobacco material and treated tobacco material
US-2023172258-A1 · Jun 8, 2023 · US
Dryer for herbaceous material having a channel-shaped collector
US-2022361554-A1 · Nov 17, 2022 · US
Frequently asked questions
Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.
- What is CPC A24B3/04?
- CPC A24B3/04 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence).”
- How many patents are filed under CPC A24B3/04 (Humidifying or drying tobacco bunches or cut tobacco (A24B3/12 takes precedence))?
- Our database includes 57 publications tagged with this CPC code.
- Is patent activity under CPC A24B3/04 growing?
- Publication counts under this code: 1 in 2024 vs 14 in 2025 (latest complete years).