US Patent Issued to Philip Morris USA on Sept. 30 for "Cigarettes and filter subassemblies with squeezable flavor capsules and methods of manufacture" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,623, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond, Va.).

"Cigarettes and filter subassemblies with squeezable flavor capsules and methods of manufacture" was invented by Georgios D. Karles (Richmond, Va.), Jeffrey Allen (Midlothian, Va.) and Jose Nepomuceno (Beaverdam, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved delivery of additive materials to cigarettes is provided through the use of one or more capsules containing additive materials, such as flavor components, in the filter section of a cigarette. The capsule or capsules are between first and second absorbent members and the capsules are subjected to an e...