US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Oct. 27 for "Susceptor heating element extraction" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,004, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Susceptor heating element extraction" was invented by Clement Besso (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Carmelo Simone Maria Parisi (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly to facilitate removal of a susceptor heating element from an aerosol generating article includes a cutting tool comprising (i) a body defining a passageway through which the aerosol generating article may be passed, and (ii) a cutting element extending into the passageway. The cutting element comprises a cutting edge arranged to cut the aerosol generat...