US 12,220,003 B2
Aerosol-generating article and electrically operated system incorporating a taggant
Felix Fernando, Old Basing (GB); and Dominique Bernauer, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,673.
Application 18/517,673 is a continuation of application No. 17/889,130, filed on Aug. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,896,062.
Application 17/889,130 is a continuation of application No. 16/699,483, filed on Nov. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,457,669, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 16/699,483 is a continuation of application No. 15/101,311, granted, now 10,555,555, issued on Feb. 11, 2020, previously published as PCT/EP2014/076453, filed on Dec. 3, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 13195494 (EP), filed on Dec. 3, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081430 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. 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)
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrically operated aerosol-generating system, comprising:
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 comprising 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 comprising means for determining the spectroscopic signature of the taggant.