ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,947, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Olaf Janson (Steinhagen, Germany), Alec Wright (Guildford, Great Britain), Anna Polikeit (Schweich-Issel, Germany) and Stella Foaleng (Montherod, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device includes a heating chamber for receiving an aerosol generating substrate, a heater for heating an aerosol generating substrate positioned in the heating chamber, and a debris collector. The debris collector is movable between a first position in which the debris collector is configured to collect debris...