ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,085, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating device with heating coating" was invented by Pieter Van Lancker (Kortrijk, Belgium), Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest (Kortrijk, Belgium) and Simon Desnerck (Kortrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable battery-powered aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable aerosol is provided, the portable battery-powered aerosol-generating device including a heating element, the heating element including electrically resistive particles and a polymer binder, and the electrically resistive particles being embedde...