US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on July 22 for "Aerosol-generating article having a cover layer" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,287, issued on July 22, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Aerosol-generating article having a cover layer" was invented by Oleg Mironov (Cudrefin, Switzerland), Stephane Antony Hedarchet (Pully, Switzerland), Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland), Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland) and Keethan Dasnavis Fernando (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article may include a base layer, at least one aerosol-forming substrate positioned on the base layer, and a cover layer overlying the at least one aerosol-forming substrate and secured to the base layer so that...