US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on June 30 for "Aerosol-generating system including a cartridge containing a gel and a device for heating the cartridge" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,135, issued on June 30, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Aerosol-generating system including a cartridge containing a gel and a device for heating the cartridge" was invented by Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jean-Yves Vollmer (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system may include a device body and a cartridge configured to be removably inserted into or connected to the device body. The device body may include a power supply and an electrical heater connected to the power supply. The cartridge contains an aerosol-forming substrate in the form of a thermor...