US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on June 16 for "Aerosol-generating device with a self-supporting component" (Swiss, Philippine, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,233, issued on June 16, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating device with a self-supporting component" was invented by Michel Bessant (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Silviu Natanael Pantea (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Jun Wei Yim (Colombier, Switzerland), Gregori Ischi (Bole, Switzerland), Jun Jie How (Muar, Malaysia) and Dennis Yape Dela Paz (General Trias Cavite, Philippines).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heater casing housing a heating chamber, the heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aeroso...