ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,828, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating device with movable portions" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland), Daria Tzimoulis (La Croix-sur-Lutry, Switzerland) and Adela Sahraoui (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating device comprises a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion comprises a cavity for receiving an aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-forming substrate. The first housing portion and second housi...