New Delhi, Sep 14 : The controller general of patents, designs and trade marks has invited public opinion on a patent sought by Godfrey Phillips on a cigarette packet-cum-match box designed and developed by the company.
Godfrey Phillips India, whose two major shareholders include K K Modi Group and global tobacco major Philip Morris, has developed an innovative cigarette pack and has filed a patent application before the authority.
Acting on the application, the patent authority has issued a public notice in its latest journal, inviting comments or objections on the subject.
Godfrey Phillips, which manufactures leading cigarette brands - Four Square, Stellar, Red and White and Cavanders - aims at giving smokers an option to do away with a separate lighter or match box.
According to the company, which filed application on October 31, 2005, the improved cigarette packet with match box comprised a slide having side flaps on two longitudinal sides and end closures at the two transverse sides.
"The packet would be equipped with a shell accommodating the slide having flaps on two longitudinal sides, a bundle of cigarettes wrapped in a foil and a match box with sticks in a tray," the patent journal quoted Godfrey Phillips as saying.
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