ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,168, issued on March 24, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Cartridge having a susceptor material" was invented by Oleg Mironov (Cudrefin, Switzerland) and Enrico Stura (Palezieux-Village, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a container, a susceptor material, and an aerosol-forming substrate. The container defines a cartridge cavity. The susceptor material is positioned within the cartridge cavity. The susceptor material may define a plurality of interconnected interstices. The aerosol-forming substrate may be in the form of a gel that is solid...