ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,580, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Flavoured nicotine powder inhaler" was invented by Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland) and Gerard Zuber (Froideville, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to flavoured nicotine powder inhalers where the nicotine powder is delivered at air flow rates that mimic a smoking regime."

The patent was filed on Feb. 2, 2021, under Application No. 17/165,146.

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