ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,619, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating substrate comprising an aerosol-generating film" was invented by Sebastien Capelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Onur Dayioglu (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate is provided, the rod including: an aerosol-generating film comprising at least 25 percent by weight of a polyhydric alcohol and at least 10 percent by weight of a cellulose based film-...