ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,862, issued on May 19, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Liquid tobacco extract, method for making and aerosol-generating articles comprising such" was invented by Matteo Biasioli (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Marie Farine (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Felix Frauendorfer (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Jagoda Kuc (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Sebastien Lanaspeze (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Stefan Lauenstein (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Benoit Mivelaz (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Christel Raphoz (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Patrick Charles Silvestrini (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Steve Tzimoulis (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Paten...