ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,933, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article comprising a hollow tubular support element" was invented by Stefanos Papakyrillou (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article having an upstream end and a downstream end is provided, the article defining a longitudinal direction between the upstream end and the downstream end, the article including: an aerosol-forming substrate; a hollow tubular support element disposed downstream of the substrate and extending along the longitudinal direction, defining an opening extendin...