ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,958, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating article and aerosol generating system comprising the same" was invented by Sun Hwan Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Chan Min Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Kyung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating article includes: a first segment impregnated with a first liquid composition; a second segment impregnated with a second liquid composition that is different from the first liquid composition; a cooling portion configured to allow an aerosol generated in the first segment or the second segment, to pas...