ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,929, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to IMPERIAL TOBACCO VENTURES Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Elongated smoking article" was invented by Mido Elmy (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an elongated smoking article (100) that extends in a longitudinal direction (L). The elongated smoking article (100) comprises a heatable tobacco material (11) and a filter element (20) aligned with the smoking body (10). The filter element (20) has at least one filter portion (30) and at least one hollow section (40), wherein the at least one hollow section (40) is disposed between the smoking body (10) ...