ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,481, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd. (London).

"Tobacco industry product and methods relating to tobacco industry products" was invented by Julian White (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain) and Martin Horrod (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material. The apparatus comprises a first connection interface for connecting to a power source for providing power, a second connection interface for connecting to an external power source to supply power to t...