ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,167, issued on March 24, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Flexible heater and electronics" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Edward Kiernan (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater including: a flexible electrically insulating substrate including a first portion, a second portion, and a fourth portion, in which the flexible electrically insulating substrate is rolled into a tube; control electronics disposed on the first portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate; a heating ...