ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,345, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol generating article for providing an electrical stimulation to a user" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany) and Toney Moses Rajan (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article for providing an electrical stimulation to a user is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate; first and second electrodes; and first and second tipping papers, the first electrode being disposed at a first position of the substrate to provide a first electrical c...