ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,274, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Inhaler article holder with electrostatic discharge" was invented by Onur Dayioglu (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhaler article holder for an inhaler article including a housing defining a housing cavity and an outer surface and a sleeve positioned within the housing cavity. The sleeve is arranged to receive an inhaler article and the sleeve is movable within the housing cavity between a first position and a second position. A piercing element is arranged to pierce the inhaler article received within the sleeve ...