ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,777, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol-generating article" was invented by Moon Bong Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a tobacco rod having an outer circumferential surface surrounded by a wrapper; a filter rod having an outer circumferential surface surrounded by the wrapper, and including a segment including a structure supporting the wrapper in a transverse direction and at least one channel formed between the wrapper and the structure: and an airflow obstruction configured to obstr...