ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,297, issued on April 15, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generation device with reduced preheating time" was invented by Chul Ho Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyoung Min Go (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung Jin Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Jang Won Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Seok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Seong Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jin Chul Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an aerosol generation device with a reduced preheating time. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes a case including a...