US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on April 21 for "Aerosol-generating article with plug segments flanking an aerosol-generating element" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,926, issued on April 21, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating article with plug segments flanking an aerosol-generating element" was invented by Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves Batista (Morges, Switzerland), Valerio Oliana (Pully, Switzerland), Alexandra Sereda (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Gianluca Bongiovanni (Boudry, Switzerland) and Bekele Alemu Bedasso (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the article including: first and second plug segments each including a solid cross-section o...