US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Oct. 27 for "Method of producing a combustible heat source comprising carbon and a binding agent" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,007, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Method of producing a combustible heat source comprising carbon and a binding agent" was invented by Farhang Mohseni (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Paola Orsolini (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a combustible heat source for an aerosol-generating article, the method comprising: forming a combustible heat source comprising carbon and a binding agent, wherein the binding agent comprises polyvinyl alcohol; and heating the formed combustible heat source at a temperature of at least about 90 degrees Cel...