ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,341, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Method for manufacturing aerosol generating articles" was invented by Marcus Wagner (Hamburg, Germany), Julia Schwanebeck (Geesthacht, Germany), Martina Stamer (Grosshansdorf, Germany), Marlo-Leander Schmidt (Hamburg, Germany) and Felix Seitz (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate, the continuous web including a substantially flat surface having a centre line; (ii) applying at least one susceptor patch to ...