US Patent Issued to KT&G on Sept. 30 for "Wick-heater assembly and aerosol-generating device comprising the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,631, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Wick-heater assembly and aerosol-generating device comprising the same" was invented by Chul Ho Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyoung Min Go (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung Jin Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Jang Won Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Seok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Seong Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jin Chul Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wick-heater assembly comprising a porous wick for absorbing a liquid aerosol-generating substrate, wherein the porous wick comprises a plura...