ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,931, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Integrated Solutions International LLC (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for age restricted product activation" was invented by Michael F. Sweeney (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Thomas J. Stopyra (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of devices and methods for restricting access to certain age related devices are disclosed, including an accessory for an aerosol delivery device comprising an interface that is configured to provide access to age restricted material within the aerosol delivery device; and authentication circuitry that is configured to receive an age ...