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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Felix Fernando, Old Basing, GB;
Dominique Bernauer, Neuchatel, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, the front housing portion including a front end portion having a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including a taggant having a spectroscopic signature; and a detector configured to detect a presence of the aerosol-generating article in the cavity and to identify aerosol-generating articles that may be usable with the system, the detector being able to determine the spectroscopic signature of the taggant.