US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Jan. 20 for "Capsules including internal filters, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,352, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Capsules including internal filters, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol" was invented by Zack W. Blackmon (Richmond, Va.), Patrick Good (Richmond, Va.), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.), Jarrett Keen (Richmond, Va.), Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.), Yannick Hourmand (Haslingfield, Great Britain) and Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a housing, a filter, and an aerosol-forming substrate. The housing may have ...