US Patent Issued to JT International on Nov. 11 for "Aerosol-generating article and device for identifying a smoking article" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,090, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating article and device for identifying a smoking article" was invented by Patrick Debergh (Cressier, Switzerland), Akihiro Kondoh (Geneva) and Grzegorz Aleksander Pilatowicz (Grens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article includes a consumable section attached to a mouthpiece section. The mouthpiece section includes at least one inner tube having a plurality of light transmitting apertures extending over at least a length in the wall of the inner tube, the plurality being arranged along a circumference of the in...