ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,629, issued on May 6, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Aerosol-generating devices and aerosol-generating systems" was invented by Tony Reevell (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device and at least two consumables. Each consumable includes an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further includes a device housing comprising at least two receiving chambers, wherein each consumable is accommodated in a separate receiving chamber of the at least two receiving chambers. The aerosol-generating device further includes at least two...