ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,084, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Thin film heater" was invented by Tony Reevell (London) and Eduardo Jose Garcia Garcia (Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin film heater includes a flexible heating element and a flexible electrically insulating backing film supporting the heating element; wherein the backing film includes one or both of a fluoropolymer or Polyetheretherketone. By using a fluoropolymer or Polyetheretherketone, improved dielectric and mechanical properties are provided, which are particularly suited to application in an aerosol generating device. A...