ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,355, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating system and operating method therefor" was invented by Jang Won Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyoung Min Go (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung Jin Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Ho Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Seok Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Seong Jeong (Sejong, South Korea) and Jin Chul Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating system may include a plurality of susceptors having different resonance frequencies and configured to heat different portions of a cigarette accommodated in an aerosol gener...