ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,622, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article with predetermined insertion direction" was invented by Milica Nesovic (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided, extending from a mouth end to an upstream distal end, and including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a downstream section at a location downstream of the rod and including a mouthpiece element downstream of and in longitudinal alignment with the rod, the element extending all the way to the mouth end; an upstream section upstream of the rod ...