ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,237, issued on May 5, was assigned to PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article with ventilation" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland), Valerio Oliana (Pully, Switzerland), Alexandra Sereda (Zurich), Gianluca Bongiovanni (Colombier, Switzerland) and Bekele Bedasso (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conventional cigarette is lit when a user applies a flame to one end of the cigarette and draws air through the other end. The localised heat provided by the flame and the oxygen in the air drawn through the cigarette causes the end of the cigarette to ignite, an...