ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,157, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Smoking article including a flavour delivery member" was invented by Yves Jordil (Lugrin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a filter for a smoking article. The filter comprises a filter segment comprising filter material, and the filter segment has a cross sectional area measured perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the filter. The filter further comprises a flavour delivery member embedded in the filter segment and surrounded on all sides by the filter material. The flavour delivery member comprises structur...