ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,934, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to British American Tobacco Ltd. (London).

"Filter for aerosol generating device" was invented by Will England (London), Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez (London), Thomas Woodman (London), Jeremy Phillips (London) and Richard Hepworth (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter for an aerosol generating device is disclosed. The filter contains a breakable capsule and the breakable capsule includes an aerosol modifier."

The patent was filed on April 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/220,720.

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