ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,371, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generator comprising a supply element" was invented by Leander Dittmann (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generator for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generator including: a surface acoustic wave atomiser including a substrate including an active surface defining at least one atomisation region, and at least one transducer positioned on the active surface to generate surface acoustic waves on the active surface; and a supply element arr...