ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,703, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Thermal insulation for aerosol-generating device" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland) and Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, the cavity including a base, and the base including at least one air aperture; an induction heating arrangement including a susceptor arrangement and an induction coil, and being arranged at least partly surrounding or forming the...