ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,153, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating article comprising a wrapper" was invented by Clement Besso (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Frederic Ulysse Buehler (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Stefan Lauenstein (Cormondreche, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a paper wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article, the paper wrapper comprising an embossed portion having an inner surface, which is water-resis...