ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,731, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating device with pyrocatalytic material" was invented by Pieter Van Lancker (Kortrijk, Belgium), Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest (Kortrijk, Belgium) and Simon Desnerck (Kortrijk, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating chamber including a sidewall; and a heating element disposed in the heating chamber, a pyrocatalytic material being applied to one or more of the heating element and a sidewall of the heati...