ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,735, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Method for recycling an aerosol generating article" was invented by Alec Wright (Guildford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for recycling an aerosol generating article comprising a non-liquid aerosol generating material and an inductively heatable susceptor. The method comprises a first step of shredding the aerosol generating article to break up the non-liquid aerosol material and the inductively heatable susceptor. The method comprises a second step of separating the inductively heatable susceptor and the non-liquid aerosol...