ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,824, issued on April 15, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol provision system" was invented by Kevin Gerard Mcadam (London) and Connor Bruton (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an aerosol provision cartridge for use with an aerosol provision system, the cartridge including a liquid storage region including a source liquid, the source liquid including nicotine and at least one acid; an aerosol generating region in fluid communication with the liquid storage region; and one or more metallic components, located substantially outside of the aerosol generating region and liquid...