ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,424, issued on May 13, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Charging device and information processing system" was invented by Hideshi Hamaguchi (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technology is provided that can flexibly adjust power consumption in a system in which a charging device for charging an aerosol generation device communicates with a terminal device, the power consumption being due to the communication. An operating method for a terminal device that communicates with a charging device for charging an aerosol generation device. The method includes a step in which charging information relating to a batte...