ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,870, issued on July 1, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Heated aerosol-generating device and method for generating aerosol with consistent properties" was invented by Arkadiusz Kuczaj (Colombier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the device including: a heater including a heating element to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and a power source to provide power to the heating element, the method including: controlling the power provided to the heating element such that in a first phase power is provided...