US Patent Issued to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES on June 17 for "Electronic aerosol-generating smoking device" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,203, issued on June 17, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Electronic aerosol-generating smoking device" was invented by Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switzerland) and Fabien Duc (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic aerosol-generating smoking device includes a main body having a heating region for heating aerosol-forming substrate. The main body includes a front housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater in the main body and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity. At least a portion of an internal surface of th...