ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,866, issued on April 7, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Holder for inhaler article" was invented by Gennaro Campitelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Onur Dayioglu (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Fabiana Spadaro (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Gerard Zuber (Boulens, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder (150) for an inhaler article (110) includes a housing (151) defining an inhaler article cavity (154). A piercing element (160) is fixed to and extends into the inhaler article cavity. A sleeve (180) is disposed within the inhaler article cavity and is configured to retain an inhaler article. The s...