ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,474, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating substrate comprising illicium species" was invented by Daniel Arndt (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Prisca Campanoni (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Michele Cattoni (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised star anise material including star anise particles, an aerosol former, an exogenous binder, and up to 15 percent by weight of fibres, on a dry weight basis; at least 70 micrograms of (E)-anethole per gram o...