ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,345, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Consumable with a drying agent for an aerosol provision system and the aerosol provision system therefor" was invented by David Bishop (London), Dominic Conrad Woodcock (London) and Ugurhan Yilmaz (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumable for an aerosol provision system comprising at least one substrate material in proximity to at least one drying agent. The drying agent preferably includes a sorbent, e.g., a desiccant, a wicking material or a mixture thereof. Also provided is a pod for an aerosol provision system where the pod contains the consuma...