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Top 20 Key Players companies in Smokeless tobacco
by Most Patent Citation in the United States in 2018

The Smokeless tobacco top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Most Patent Citation Smokeless tobacco Key Players in the United States. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
Smokeless tobacco is a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking. Their use involves chewing, sniffing, or placing the product between gum and the cheek or lip. Smokeless tobacco products are produced in various forms, such as chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, and dissolvable tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco products typically contain over 3000 constituents. All smokeless tobacco products contain nicotine and are therefore highly addictive. Quitting smokeless tobacco use is as challenging as smoking cessation.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Manufacturing operations,Cigarillo,Smoke,
...[+2]
patent citation: 5,855
2
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. LLC
Smokeless tobacco,Nicotiana tabacum,Chewing tobacco,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1,858
3
Regent Court Technologies LLC
Software,Computer hardware,Information technology,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1,377
4
Thione International, Inc.
Biology,Medical equipment,Health care,
...[+2]
patent citation: 536
5
Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Smokeless tobacco,Petroleum industry,Chemical engineering,
...[+2]
patent citation: 403
6
US Tobacco, Inc.
Shopping mall
patent citation: 222
7
Altria Client Services LLC
Chewing tobacco,Snuff
patent citation: 164
8
Mead Corp.
Paperboard,Wood processing
patent citation: 46
9
American Snuff Co. LLC
Snuff,Nicotiana tabacum,Smokeless tobacco,
...[+2]
patent citation: 18
10
Social Smoke LLC
Smoke,Nicotiana tabacum
patent citation: 10
11
Niconovum USA, Inc.
patent citation: 4
12
CV Sciences, Inc.
Medicine,Health care,Cannabis,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
13
CSP Technologies, Inc.
Integrity testing,Product design,Fast-moving consumer goods,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
14
Conwood Corp.
Snuff,Nicotiana tabacum
patent citation: 2
15
Quidel Corp.
Medicine,Health care,Immunoassay,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
16
Smithkline Beckman Corp
Biotechnology,Medicine
patent citation: 0
17
Quid, Inc.
Software,Natural language processing,Artificial intelligence,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
18
Modoral Brands, Inc.
Nicotine product,Pharmacy
patent citation: 0
19
Antidote Therapeutics, Inc.
Biotechnology,Addiction,Antidote,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
20
Resurgent Biosciences, Inc.
patent citation: 0
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