US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Oct. 6 for "Temperature detection in peripherally heated aerosol-generating device" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,494, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Temperature detection in peripherally heated aerosol-generating device" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; an external heating element of the aerosol-generating device configured to exclusively externally heat the aerosol-forming substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received in the cavity; and an elongate temperature sensor provide...