US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Dec. 2 for "Shisha device with trough" (Swedish, Swiss, Norwegian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,613, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Shisha device with trough" was invented by Roland Antonopoulos (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany), Giovanna Landi (Mur, Switzerland), Morten Grosfjeld (Sellebakk, Norway), Alexandra Linden (Linkoping, Sweden) and Peter Norrby (Mjolby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a shisha device comprising: a cavity configured for receiving a capsule comprising aerosol-forming substrate; and a trough in fluid communication with the cavity."

The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2020, under Application No. 1...