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Granted Patent B2
US 12702154 · App. 18/003,376 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Aerosol-generating substrate comprising thymus species

Inventors: Daniel Arndt (Bellmund, CH); Prisca Campanoni (Villars-Burquin, CH); Jean-Pierre Schaller (Geneva, CH)
Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
A24D1/18A24B15/14A24B15/167A24B15/301A24B15/302A24B15/34A24D1/20A24F40/20
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Patent No.
US 12702154
App. No.
18/003,376
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heatable aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised thyme material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of thyme particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, and a binder, at least 400 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 150 micrograms of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, in which an amount of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate is at least 2 times an amount of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate; and at least one hollow tube immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate. An aerosol-generating system, including an aerosol-generating device including a heating element, and the heated aerosol-generating article, is also provided.

Claims (34)

1 . A heatable aerosol-generating article, comprising:

an aerosol-generating substrate comprising

a homogenised thyme material comprising at least 2.5 percent by weight of thyme particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, and a binder, wherein the thyme particles have a D95 value of between 75 microns and 200 microns,

at least 400 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and

at least 150 micrograms of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis,

wherein an amount of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate is at least 2 times an amount of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate; and

at least one hollow tube immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate.

2 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generating substrate further comprises between 1 milligram and 20 milligrams of nicotine per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis.

3 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein the homogenised thyme material comprises between 5 percent by weight and 55 percent by weight of the aerosol former and between 1 percent by weight and 10 percent by weight of the binder, on a dry weight basis.

4 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises guar gum.

5 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises cellulose ether.

6 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 ,

wherein the aerosol-generating substrate further comprises additional cellulose that is not derived from the thyme particles, and

wherein the additional cellulose comprises at least one of cellulose powder and cellulose fibres.

7 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 ,

wherein the homogenised thyme material further comprises tobacco particles, and

wherein a weight ratio of the thyme particles to the tobacco particles is no more than 1:3.

8 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein the homogenised thyme material in the aerosol-generating substrate is in a form of cast leaf.

9 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein the homogenised thyme material in the aerosol-generating substrate is in a form of thyme paper.

10 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein upon heating of the aerosol-generating substrate according to Test Method A, aerosol generated from the aerosol-generating substrate comprises:

at least 10 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and

at least 5 micrograms of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis,

wherein an amount of ursolic acid in the aerosol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate is at least equal to an amount of thymol in the aerosol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate.

11 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 , wherein upon heating of the aerosol-generating substrate according to Test Method A, aerosol generated from the aerosol-generating substrate comprises:

ursolic acid in an amount of at least 0.25 micrograms per puff of the aerosol, and

thymol in an amount of at least 0.1 micrograms per puff of the aerosol,

wherein a puff of the aerosol has a volume of 55 millilitres as generated by a smoking machine, and

wherein the amount of ursolic acid per puff of the aerosol is at least equal to the amount of thymol per puff of the aerosol.

12 . An aerosol-generating system, comprising:

an aerosol-generating device comprising a heating element; and

a heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 1 .

13 . The heatable aerosol-generating article according to claim 6 ,

wherein the binder comprises cellulose ether, and

wherein a ratio by weight of the additional cellulose to the cellulose ether in the homogenised thyme material is at least 2.