ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,302, issued on April 15, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Aerosol generating material characteristic determination" was invented by Anton Korus (London), Justin Chan (London) and Patrick Moloney (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for determining a characteristic of an aerosol generating material of an aerosol generating device are disclosed. The aerosol generating device comprises a heater for heating of the aerosol generating material in use. The apparatus is arranged to monitor a first property of the heating of the aerosol generating material, thereby to determine a heating profile of t...