US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Aug. 19 for "Aerosol-generating device with reduced leakage" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,936, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Aerosol-generating device with reduced leakage" was invented by Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland), Guillaume Frederick (Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, Switzerland) and Irene Taurino (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a first end defining a mouthpiece, a second end, and a cavity defined between the first end and the second end. The device also includes a reservoir within the cavity. The reservoir is configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The device also...