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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,986, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device and operation method thereof" was invented by Min Seok Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Chul Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyoung Min Go (Daejeon, South Korea), Jang Won Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Joon Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Ho Jang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Seong Jeong (Sejong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device includes a cavity into which a cigarette is inserted, a light source that emits light to the cigarette inserted in the cavity, a reuse detection sensor that receives ...