ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,213, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Non-combustible aerosol system and pre-aerosol formulation housing" was invented by Jason Flora (Richmond, Va.), Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.) and San Li (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-combustible aerosol system includes a heater configured to supply heat to a heating chamber and a housing configured to be inserted into the heating chamber. The housing defines an internal volume for containing a solid substrate. The housing includes a plurality of internal structures extending from a first end of the housing to a second end of t...