ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,164, issued on April 14, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-cooling element" was invented by Miguel Lereno Santos Vale (Aarau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article comprises an aerosol-cooling element. The aerosol-cooling element comprises an extruded member (100) having a length (108), and comprising an external surface (104) defining the perimeter of a cross section perpendicular to the length of the extruded member; and an internal surface (102) defining one or more pathways (110) through the length of the extr...