ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,862, issued on July 1, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).
"Aerosol generating system" was invented by Patrick Moloney (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an aerosol generating system (100) comprising: an aerosol generating medium (110); a source of energy for heating (120) for selectively heating in a heating zone associated with the source of energy for heating portions of aerosol generating medium to form an aerosol; an outlet (132) through which aerosol can flow to exit the device; and, a selectively moveable element (134), wherein the element is selectively moveable relative to the aerosol gen...