Philip Morris Products S.a.

Philip Morris USA Inc.

Didier Graf

Alexis Louvet

Farhang Mohseni

Jimmy Rennick

Piotr Stojak

Przemyslaw Wolanin

Leszek Odziomek

Andrew Trofimiuk

Jiri Zeleny

Radek Zeleny

Jiri Riha

James Lynch

Michele Lorenzelli

Bryan Murphy

Morten Grøsfjeld

Alexandra Lindén

Eoin Mcnally

There is provided an aerosol generating article (). The aerosol generating article comprises a combustible heat source () having a longitudinal outer surface, an aerosol-forming substrate () downstream of the combustible heat source, and a retaining wrap (). The retaining wrap comprises a an upstream portion () extending at least about 50 percent of the way along the length of the combustible heat source on the longitudinal outer surface of the combustible heat source. The upstream portion of the retaining wrap comprises at least one opening () overlaying at least about 30 percent of the longitudinal outer surface of the combustible heat source. The retaining wrap further comprises a downstream portion () circumscribing at least a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate.

Aerosol generating article with retainer

A wrapped container of consumer products bearing one or more machine readable indicia is disclosed, wherein the machine readable indicia are applied to the wrapper. The portion of the wrapper to which the machine readable indicia are applied may be substantially transparent and the surface of the container behind the machine readable indicia substantially neutral. Alternatively, the portion of the wrapper to which the machine readable indicia are applied may be substantially opaque. A method of providing a wrapped container of consumer products comprises wrapping a container of consumer products with a wrapper; and applying one or more machine readable indicia to the wrapper.

Wrapped container

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Didier Graf