US Patent Issued to Imperial Tobacco on May 13 for "Smoking substitute devices and associated methods, systems and apparatuses" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,419, issued on May 13, was assigned to Imperial Tobacco Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Smoking substitute devices and associated methods, systems and apparatuses" was invented by Oliver Talbot (Liverpool, Great Britain), Daniel Fard (Liverpool, Great Britain) and Kaikai Liu (Liverpool, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smoking substitute device is provided comprising a body housing a power source, an auxiliary component, and an airflow sensor for detecting airflow through the body. The body includes a coupling portion arranged to receive a consumable and is selectively operable in a shipping mode and an active mode. In ...