ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,563, issued on June 24, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article having rod with multiple longitudinal elongate elements of non-tobacco material" was invented by Tony Reevell (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heatable aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate including a plurality of strips of non-tobacco material assembled to form a rod, the strips of non-tobacco material including and being configured to release at least one aerosol former, each strip of the plurality of strip...