ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,183, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Method for evaluating an aerosol-generating article with a susceptor element for manufacturing defects" was invented by Matteo Franceschi (Casalecchio di Reno, Italy), Filippo Battisti (Modena, Italy) and Mauro Calanca (Castello d'Argile, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for evaluating an aerosol-generating article with a susceptor element for manufacturing defects. The method comprises providing an aerosol-generating article with a substrate section, the substrate section comprising aerosol-forming subst...