ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,156, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating article with low resistance to draw and improved flavour delivery" was invented by Gennaro Campitelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jerome Uthurry (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article extending from a mouth end to a distal end is provided, including: an aerosol-generating element; and a downstream section located downstream of the aerosol-generating element, the downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating element to the mouth end of the aeroso...