US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Aug. 4 for "Heated aerosol-generating article comprising homogenised botanical material" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,922, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Heated aerosol-generating article comprising homogenised botanical material" was invented by Anu Ajithkumar (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Corinne Deforel (Formangueires, Switzerland) and Gerhard Lang (Murten, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised botanical material comprising particulate plant material, an aerosol former, and a basic pH modifier; and the homogenised botanical material has a part...