US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on May 27 for "Aerosol-generating system comprising integrated piercing element" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,404, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating system comprising integrated piercing element" was invented by Jonathan Hogwood (Royston, Great Britain), Stuart Michael Ruan Jones (Royston, Great Britain), John Antony Stephenson (Cambridge, Great Britain), David Edington (St Albans, Great Britain) and Christopher Coulson (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device and including ...