ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,623, issued on July 29, was assigned to JT International SA (Geneva).

"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Andrew Robert John Rogan (Forres, Great Britain) and Alec Wright (Guildford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating article includes a shell that extends along a first axis; a material part disposed inside the shell, wherein the material part includes a substrate for generating an aerosol and one or more inductively heatable susceptors for heating the substrate; and a conductive loop that is spaced from the material part along the first axis and is configured to produce, when in the presence of...