ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,352, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Electrical heating assembly for heating an aerosol-forming substrate" was invented by Evan Jochnowitz (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating assembly for heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the assembly including a cup-shaped heating chamber to receive the substrate to be heated, the chamber being formed at least by a sleeve portion and a bottom portion that is disposed at a distal end of the chamber opposite to an open proximal end of the chamber; a first electrical heater including at least one fi...