ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,638, issued on March 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Electrically heated aerosol-generating system" was invented by Raphael Holzherr (Fontaines, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller is provided for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating device including a heating element and a rechargeable power supply to power the heating element, the controller being configured to control a supply of power from the rechargeable power supply to the heating element, and to prevent power being supplied to the heating element when a temperature reading is below a pre-determined lower t...