US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on April 14 for "Aerosol-generating device with means for detecting the presence, absence, or displacement of an aerosol-generating article in a cavity of the device" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,179, issued on April 14, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating device with means for detecting the presence, absence, or displacement of an aerosol-generating article in a cavity of the device" was invented by Enrico Stura (Palezieux-Village, Switzerland) and Maxime Chateau (Montlebon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol when heated, the device including: a cavity configured to removably receive at least a portion of an article, including the substrate to be heated; an electrical he...