ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,222, issued on March 3, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system" was invented by Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Eva Saade Latorre (Colombier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a reservoir configured for liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir; and a wall including a porous material, such that: a first space adjacent to the heating element and between the wall and the...