ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,133, issued on June 30, was assigned to NEW FLAME INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Environment-friendly wrapping-free heat-not-burn naked tobacco product" was invented by Yuqing Wen (Shenzhen, China), Zhiyong Wen (Shenzhen, China), Huajun Yuan (Shenzhen, China) and Xu Zhao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an environment-friendly wrapping-free heat-not-burn naked tobacco product. The tobacco product includes, in percentage by mass, 20-60% of mixed powder, 10-40% of a porous carrier material, 15-50% of a tobacco extraction mixture, 1-10% of a particle aggre...