ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,986, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material" was invented by Thomas P. Blandino (Cottage Grove, Wis.), Andrew Wilke (Madison, Wis.), James J Frater (Madison, Wis.) and Benjamin J. Paprocki (Cottage Grove, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a smokable material, such as tobacco, and a heater for heating the smokable material. The heater comprises heating material that is heatable by p...