US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Nov. 4 for "Capsules including internal heaters, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,063, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Capsules including internal heaters, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol" was invented by Zack Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.), Patrick Good (Richmond, Va.), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.), Jarrett Keen (Richmond, Va.), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.), Dean Twite (London), Guy Moseley (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain) and Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a housing and a heater within the housin...