ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,727, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol generating article and aerosol generating system" was invented by Won Kyeong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Heon Jun Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Sung Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating article includes a heat source portion including a combustible heat source for generating heat; a heat conduction portion connected to the heat source portion and including an inlet hole through which external air is introduced; a tobacco medium connected to the heat conduction portion and heated by the heat of th...