US Patent Issued to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco on Jan. 20 for "Smoking article" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,361, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Smoking article" was invented by Balager Ademe (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smoking article is provided and has opposed lighting and mouth ends. A mouth end portion is disposed at the mouth end and a heat generation portion is disposed about the lighting end. An outer wrapping material is wrapped at least about the heat generation portion and extends toward the mouth end portion, to define a cylindrical rod. An aerosol-generating portion is disposed within the outer wrapping material and between the heat generation and ...