ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,407, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating system comprising a cartridge with an internal air flow passage" was invented by Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland) and Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge, the cartridge including: a cartridge housing including an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall being disposed within the outer wall and defining an internal passa...