ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,213, issued on March 3, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Heat-not-burn stick comprising foam-like aerosol-generating material arranged in a container" was invented by Michael Plattner (Trier, Germany), Paul Black (Schweich, Germany), Felicite Maram Diouf (Trier, Germany), Daniel Lickefeld (Riol, Germany) and Peter Uhrmeister (Trier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article includes a charge of aerosol-generating material arranged in a container, wherein the aerosol-generating material is provided in a form of shaped individual elements including a foam-like material. The aerosol-generati...