ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,981, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-forming substrate and aerosol-delivery system" was invented by Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material which is capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating the aerosol-forming su...