ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,720, issued on July 8, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Aerosol-generating system including a cartridge containing a gel" was invented by Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a first chamber housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber housing defining a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber. The first chamber may contain an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a gel, and the second chamber may contain a source of a desired compound. The first a...