US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Jan. 20 for "Aerosol generator comprising a surface acoustic wave atomiser" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,348, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol generator comprising a surface acoustic wave atomiser" was invented by Leander Dittmann (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generator for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generator including: a surface acoustic wave atomiser including a substrate including an active surface defining an atomisation region, and a transducer disposed on the active surface of the substrate; a supply element arranged to supply a liquid aerosol-forming substrate ...