ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,071, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Aerosol generation device with non-visible illumination unit" was invented by Marko Plevnik (London) and Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir (Bellevue, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generation device has a partially opaque portion for rendering an illumination unit non-visible when the illumination unit is not emitting light. An illumination unit for an aerosol generation device includes a plurality of light sources, wherein each of the light sources is configured to operate in a first power operation mode illuminating the light source at a first...