ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,422, issued on May 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Inhaler mouthpiece with separate flavour air channel" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhaler article includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis from a mouthpiece end to a distal end. A capsule cavity may be within the body bounded downstream by a mouthpiece. An air inlet at the distal end and an air outlet at the mouthpiece end. A first mouthpiece air channel may extend from the distal air inlet, through the capsule cavity to the mouthpiece air outlet. A second mouthpiece air ...