ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,945, issued on May 20, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Inhalation system and a vapour generating article" was invented by Andrew Robert John Rogan (Forres, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhalation system for generating a vapour for inhalation by a user includes an inhalation device including a controller and a vapour generating article including a vapour generating material and a heating element. The vapour generating article has first and second regions. The second region contains one or more of a higher density of the vapour generating material than the first region, vapour generating material ...