ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,189, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating article with a capsule portion" was invented by Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves Batista (Morges, Switzerland) and Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate; and a capsule portion containing a carrier material, one or more breakable capsules being embedded in the carrier material, the one or more breakable capsules containing one or more active agents, at least parts of the one or more breakable cap...