US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on June 17 for "Tubular element, comprising porous medium and a wrapper, for use with an aerosol generating article" (Swiss, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,193, issued on June 17, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Tubular element, comprising porous medium and a wrapper, for use with an aerosol generating article" was invented by Gennaro Campitelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Gianpaolo D'Ambra (Castel Maggiore, Italy) and Onur Dayioglu (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular element for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the tubular element including: a wrapper that forms a first longitudinal passageway; a porous medium loaded with gel; and a susceptor disposed longitudinally within the tubular element, the gel including...