US Patent Issued to PHILIP MORRIS USA on March 24 for "Heater for an electrically heated aerosol generating system" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,111, issued on March 24, was assigned to PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. (Richmond, Va.).

"Heater for an electrically heated aerosol generating system" was invented by Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland), Jean-Marc Flick (Pomy, Switzerland), Olivier Yves Cochand (Dombresson, Switzerland) and Flavien Dubief (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one electric heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element of a first cross section electrically connected to a p...