US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on May 5 for "Aerosol-generating article with hollow tubular element" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,239, issued on May 5, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating article with hollow tubular element" was invented by Chrystophe Schaller (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jerome Uthurry (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article (1) comprising: a first element (10) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (12); and a hollow tubular element (100) disposed downstream of the first element (10). The hollow tubular element (100) comprises: a peripheral portion (110) defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and a support eleme...