US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Sept. 2 for "Aerosol-generating article with liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of using an aerosol-generating article" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,653, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Aerosol-generating article with liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of using an aerosol-generating article" was invented by Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aerosol-generating article is has an outlet end, a distal end upstream from the outlet end, and a mid-point located an equal distance between the outlet end and the distal end. The article includes a liquid aerosol-forming substrate contained within a frangible capsule, the frangible capsule being located between the d...