ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,207, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"System and method for temperature control in an electrically heated aerosol-generating device" was invented by Jacques Robert (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland), Jerome Christian Courbat (Cortaillod, Switzerland) and Michel Bessant (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device for generation of an inhalable aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a resistive heater; a battery, configured to generate a battery voltage (Vbat); and a control unit including a DC/DC converter configured t...