US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on April 15 for "Heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices and capsules" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,295, issued on April 15, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices and capsules" was invented by Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.), Zack W. Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.), Dean Twite (London), Ryan McGinley (St Neots, Great Britain), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.), Jarrett Keen (Richmond, Va.) and Raymond W. Lau (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device includes a housing that defines a capsule-receiving cavity, a lid configured to close the housing, and a replaceable mouthpiece coupleable to the lid such that air entering the housing and...