US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on July 8 for "Heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices and capsules" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,728, issued on July 8, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices and capsules" was invented by Zack W. Blackmon (Richmond, Va.), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.), Dean Twite (London), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.), Nicolas D. Castro (Richmond, Va.) and Raymond W. Lau (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule may include a housing, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The housing defines inlet openings, outlet openings, and a chamber between the inlet openings and the outlet openings. The chamber may have a longest dimension extending from at leas...