ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,733, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Aerosol generation device" was invented by Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir (Bellevue, Switzerland), Marko Plevnik (London) and Norihiko Inoue (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongate aerosol generation device having a housing includes: a top end at which an aerosol is provided; a bottom end which is opposed to the top end; and four sides between the bottom end and the top end in a substantially quadrilateral arrangement of two larger opposing sides and two smaller opposing sides. The bottom end is adapted such that the device can stand on the bottom end, a...