ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,633, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Heater with at least two adjacent metal meshes" was invented by Filip Tack (Bournens, Switzerland) and Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseaux, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a heater for generating an inhalable aerosol in an aerosol-generating device. The heater comprises at least two meshes. The meshes are arranged to be distanced from each other so that the meshes are configured for enabling wicking of aerosol-forming substrate between the meshes."
The patent was filed on July 31, 2019, under Application N...