ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,021, issued on July 15, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Aerosol generation" was invented by Walid Abi Aoun (London) and Sally Bell (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating an inhalable medium, the device comprising: a container retaining a first volatilizable material; a heater for volatilising the first volatilizable material held in the container; a chamber containing aerosolizable material comprising nicotine; g reservoir containing a basic solution; and an outlet; the arrangement being such that in use, the basic solution is released from the reservoir and enters the chamber containing t...