	US 12,279,640 B2
	Aerosol-generating film
Sebastien Capelli, Neuchatel (CH); and Jean-Yves Vollmer, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/602,090
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057520 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/207735, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19167969 (EP), filed on Apr. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202063 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A24B 15/18 (2006.01); A24B 15/14 (2006.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24B 15/32 (2006.01); A24D 1/18 (2006.01)

CPC A24B 15/186 (2013.01) [A24B 15/14 (2013.01); A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24B 15/283 (2013.01); A24B 15/303 (2013.01); A24B 15/32 (2013.01); A24D 1/18 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. An aerosol-generating film having a tobacco content of less than 1 percent by weight, the aerosol-generating film comprising:

a cellulose based film-forming agent;

a non-cellulose based thickening agent;

water;

nicotine; and

a polyhydric alcohol,

wherein

the cellulose based film-forming agent is selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), methylcellulose (MC), ethylcellulose (EC), hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC), hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), and combinations thereof,

a content of cellulose based film-forming agent is at least about 14 wt percent weight and less than or equal to about 26 wt percent, and

wherein a content of water is less than about 30 wt percent and a content of polyhydric alcohol is at least about 30 wt percent.