US Patent Issued to Nicoventures Trading on May 27 for "Aerosol-generating substrate comprising microcrystalline cellulose" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,394, issued on May 27, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol-generating substrate comprising microcrystalline cellulose" was invented by John Paul Mua (Advance, N.C.) and Luis Monsalud (Kernersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a substrate which includes microcrystalline cellulose, a binder, an aerosol forming material, and optionally an active ingredient, a flavorant, or both an active ingredient and a flavorant. The final form of the substrate can be configured for use in aerosol generating components for aerosol delivery devices. Further provided are aerosol generating...