US Patent Issued to Japan Tobacco on June 17 for "Flavor generation device, program, and power supply unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,210, issued on June 17, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Flavor generation device, program, and power supply unit" was invented by Keiji Marubashi (Tokyo), Takuma Nakano (Tokyo) and Hajime Fujita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a flavor generation device that includes: a control unit configured to acquire a remaining amount value that is a value concerning a remaining amount of power stored in a power supply; a generation unit configured to atomize an aerosol source or heat a flavor source; and an auxiliary device different from the generation unit. The generation unit and the auxiliary device are e...