ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,640, issued on April 22, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating film" was invented by Sebastien Capelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating film having a tobacco content of less than 1 percent by weight is provided, the aerosol-generating film including: a cellulose based film-forming agent; a non-cellulose based thickening agent; water; nicotine; and a polyhydric alcohol, a content of cellulose based film-forming agent being at least about 14 wt percent weight and less than or equal to about 26 wt...