US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Feb. 24 for "Capsules with internal channels, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,844, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Capsules with internal channels, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol" was invented by Zack Blackmon (Williamsburg, Va.), Patrick Good (Richmond, Va.), Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.), Jarrett Keen (Richmond, Va.), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.), Yannick Hourmand (Haslingfield, Great Britain) and Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a housing defining inlet openings, outlet openings, and internal channels betwe...