US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on July 14 for "Element for an aerosol-generating system comprising disabling mechanism" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,881, issued on July 14, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Element for an aerosol-generating system comprising disabling mechanism" was invented by Tony Reevell (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element for an aerosol-generating system, a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, and an aerosol-generating system, wherein the element, the cartridge and the aerosol-generating system each include a storage portion for storing an aerosol-forming substrate and a manually operated disabling mechanism for rendering the element, the cartridge, or the aerosol-generating system irreversibly inoperable. The e...