ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,927, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article having 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 rod of aerosol-generating substrate including an aerosol former content of at least about 5 percent on a dry weight basis; and a wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the aeros...