ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,951, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating system and haptic output element for an aerosol-generating system" was invented by Stephane Bilat (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Gregory Andre Cristian (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing including an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow passage extending therebetween; an aerosol-generating element disposed within the airflow passage and configured to generate an aerosol; a sensor coupled to the housing and configured to generate a time-de...