US Patent Issued to Imperial Tobacco on Oct. 28 for "Flavor delivery article for a smoking substitute apparatus" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,365, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Imperial Tobacco Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Flavor delivery article for a smoking substitute apparatus" was invented by Samantha Murray (Liverpool, Great Britain), Steven Maxwell-Hogg (Liverpool, Great Britain), Ev Stockel (Liverpool, Great Britain) and Chris Lord (Liverpool, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smoking substitute apparatus comprising a flavorant delivery article having a granulated composition comprising a flavorant, a binder and a carrier."

The patent was filed on April 21, 2022, under Application No. 17/726,130.

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