ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,696, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Aerosol-forming article" was invented by Danchong He (Shenzhen, China), Zhihua Wen (Shenzhen, China), Pifa Shen (Shenzhen, China) and Fenglei Xing (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-forming article includes: an aerosol-forming substrate; a heating layer encircling a concave portion, the aerosol-forming substrate being arranged in the concave portion; and a cover layer covering at least a part of the heating layer and an opening of the concave portion. The aerosol-forming substrate is located between the heating layer a...