ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,185, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Stable wrapper for aerosol generating article" was invented by Thierry Joyeux (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrapper (50) used in aerosol generating articles (10). The paper wrapper has a low elongation to break ratio and is utilized with an aerosol generating substrate (20). The aerosol generating article includes the aerosol generating substrate comprising nicotine and at least 10% aerosol former comprising glycerine. The wrapper is disposed about and in contact with the aerosol generating substrate. The wrapper compr...