ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,862, issued on July 14, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Clove-containing aerosol-generating substrate" was invented by Corinne Deforel (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Gerhard Lang (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Celine Lesuffleur (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Aline Vuarnoz-Bize (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including homogenised plant material formed of particulate plant material, the particulate plant material including between 10 percent and 40 percent by weight clove particles and between 60 perce...