ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,997, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device" 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: "An aerosol-generating device may include an accommodation space where an aerosol-generating article is accommodated, a heater configured to generate aerosol by heating the aerosol-generating article, a transducer configure...