US Patent Issued to KT&G on Aug. 12 for "Aerosol generating device and controlling method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,996, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device and controlling method thereof" was invented by Dong Sung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Kyu Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device includes an inhalation sensor configured to detect user's inhalation, and a controller configured to compare first inhalation data obtained from the inhalation sensor with second inhalation data stored beforehand to perform user authentication according to a comparison result. Therefore, unauthorized use by an unauthorized user or a minor may be prevented....