ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,290, issued on April 15, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article having a recessed supporting component" was invented by Stefanos Papakyrillou (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a mouthpiece segment including a plug; a tubular support element between the rod and the segment and being in longitudinal alignment therewith, arranged immediately downstream of the rod, defining an airflow conduit, and including a cylindrical ...