ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,704, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating device with protected air inlet" was invented by Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Eva Saade Latorre (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including an aerosolisation chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; an air inlet configured such that ambient air may flow therethrough and into the aerosol-generating device; and an airflow path fluidly connecting the air inlet with the aerosolisation chambe...