US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Oct. 14 for "Tubular element with threads for use with an aerosol generating article" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,956, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Tubular element with threads for use with an aerosol generating article" was invented by Gennaro Campitelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular element for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the tubular element having a longitudinal length and including: a first wrapper that forms a first longitudinal passageway; and a plurality of porous threads loaded with gel and running longitudinally, parallel to the longitudinal length of the tubular element, the gel including an aerosol former and an active agent,...