US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Nov. 3 for "Aerosol-generating system with separate capsule and vaporizing unit" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,194, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Aerosol-generating system with separate capsule and vaporizing unit" was invented by Eric Force (Bevaix, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system may comprise a releasably connectable capsule and vaporizing unit. The capsule may comprise a reservoir for containing an aerosol-generating substrate, an opening in fluidic communication with the reservoir, and a valve configured to control a flow of the aerosol-generating substrate from the reservoir through the opening. The valve may comprise one or more resilient closing mem...