ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,483, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Aerosol-generating material" was invented by Richard Hepworth (London), Benjamin Zainuddin (London), Dominic Ow (London), Thomas Woodman (London), William England (London) and Benjamin Jenkins (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating material having a sheet or shredded sheet of aerosolizable material including tobacco material, an aerosol-former material and a binder, wherein the sheet or shredded sheet has a thickness of at least about 100 micro metre and an area density of from about 100 g/m2 to about 250 g/m2. A process of manufacturing ...