ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,012, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating system having a ventilation chamber" was invented by Yves Jordil (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Mirko Minzoni (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including a rod of aerosol-forming substrate, a filter downstream of the rod, the rod and the filter being assembled within a wrapper, and a ventilation zone located on the wrapper and including apertures extending through the wrapper; and an aerosol-generating device including di...