ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,941, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Method of managing an aerosol-generating device" was invented by Karima Lakraa (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a method of operating an aerosol generating device comprising recording a period of active use of the device; detecting a puff inhaled by a user; determining if a battery-level notification had been provided to the user in the said period before the puff detection; determining a battery-level of the device if no notification had been provided previously; and generating an indication on the device for the ...