ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,732, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Infrared heated aerosol-generating element" was invented by Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez (St-Sulpice, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating element for generating an aerosol in a shisha device, the aerosol-generating element includes a receptacle for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate and a photonic device configured to generate a beam of IR radiation. The aerosol-generating element is arranged to heat the aerosol-forming substrate by directing the beam of IR radiation ...