US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Dec. 2 for "Cartridge insertion systems for aerosol-generating devices" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,614, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Cartridge insertion systems for aerosol-generating devices" was invented by Frederic Nicolas (Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device comprises a drawer receivable in a drawer receptacle. The drawer may define a cartridge receptacle to removably receive a cartridge. The cartridge may comprise an aerosol-forming substrate. The drawer may be movable between an open position and a closed position in a first direction. The device may also comprise a heating element configured for heating the aero...