ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,419, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating device" was invented by Enrico Stura (Palezieux-Village, Switzerland), Mathias Torsten Rickard Tingstrom (Morges, Switzerland), Ezequiel Martin Valdez Rojas (Pully, Switzerland) and Valerio Oliana (Pully, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics; and an outer lighting area partially or wholly surrounding an inner lighting ar...