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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2021
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Anu Ajithkumar, Neuchatel, CH;
Daniel Arndt, Neuchatel, CH;
Prisca Campanoni, Neuchatel, CH;
Damien De Palo, Neuchatel, CH;
Corinne Deforel, Neuchatel, CH;
Gerhard Lang, Neuchatel, CH;
Delphine Langlet, Neuchatel, CH;
Jean-Pierre Schaller, Neuchatel, CH;
Zoe Odot, Neuchatel, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate formed of a homogenised plant material, including: between 1 percent by weight and 65 percent by weight of non-tobacco plant particles, on a dry weight basis; between 15 percent by weight and 55 percent by weight of aerosol former, on a dry weight basis; between 5 percent by weight and 10 percent by weight of cellulose ether, on a dry weight basis; and between 5 percent by weight and 50 percent by weight of additional cellulose, on a dry weight basis, in which the additional cellulose is in a form of isolated cellulose and is not derived from the non-tobacco plant particles, and in which a ratio of additional cellulose to cellulose ether in the homogenised plant material is at least 2.