ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,927, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Cartridge, pouch and method of manufacture of pouch for use with apparatus for heating smokable material" was invented by Joseph Sutton (London), Dominic Woodcock (London), Darren Seymour (London), Hitesh Vallabh (London), Neil Litten (London), Harpal Singh (London), Ahmad Bitar (London) and David Russell (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material. The cartridge has a housing defining a chamber and a pouch containing smokable material. The pouch is located within the chamber. At leas...