ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,369, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Method of authentification of a consumable for UES with an aerosol- generating device" was invented by Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir (Bellevue, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of authenticating a consumable for use with an aerosol generating device includes initiating a communication between the aerosol generating device and a first entity to obtain the consumable from the first entity for use with the aerosol generating device, the aerosol generating device being associated with a device ID and the consumable being associated with a consumable...