US Patent Issued to PHILIP MORRIS USA on July 22 for "Electrically heated aerosol generating system and method" (British, French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,289, issued on July 22, was assigned to PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. (Richmond, Va.).

"Electrically heated aerosol generating system and method" was invented by Felix Fernando (Berkshire, Great Britain), Franck Pourrat (Montlebon, France) and Jean-Pierre Cordey (Cheseaux, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form the aerosol and a power supply for supplying power to the at least one heating element. The power supply includes a voltage source, two or more supercapacitors, and sw...