ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,937, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article" was invented by Alexandre Malgat (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Mirko Minzoni (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate with an elongate susceptor arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate, a plug element being located upstream of and adjacent the a...