US Patent Issued to KT&G on Oct. 20 for "Aerosol-generating article and aerosol-generating system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,588, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol-generating article and aerosol-generating system" was invented by Sung Jong Ki (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Joong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), John Tae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Je Cha (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an aerosol-generating article comprising: a first portion including a plurality of crimped pieces of paper impregnated with an aerosol-generating element; a second portion including a tobacco element; a third portion including a cooling element; and a fourth portion including a filter element, w...