ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,405, issued on May 13, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Inductively heatable aerosol-generating article, method for manufacturing such an article and an apparatus for manufacturing a susceptor of such an article" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Yves Jordil (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Ivan Prestia (Zola Predosa Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, including at least one aerosol-forming substrate and at least one susceptor in thermal proximity to ...