ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,478, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-forming article comprising magnetic particles" was invented by Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-forming article for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-forming article including: a mouthpiece; an aerosol-forming substrate disposed in coaxial alignment with the mouthpiece; a plurality of magnetic particles; and an outer wrapper, in which a plurality of magnetic particles are provided in the outer wrapper; or a filter, in which a plurality of magneti...