US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on March 4 for "Aerosol-generating article with laminated wrapper" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,158, issued on March 4, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating article with laminated wrapper" was invented by Frederic Lavanchy (Chavornay, Switzerland) and Yves Jordil (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate including plant material cut filler and between about 6 percent and about 20 percent of an aerosol-former, the plant material cut filler including at least 25 percent of plant lamina per weight of total plant material; and a laminated wrapper including a heat conductive layer and a...