ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,803, issued on July 15, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Apparatus for heating smokable material" was invented by Martin Daniel Horrod (Cambridge, Great Britain), Julian Darryn White (Cambridge, Great Britain), Walid Abi Aoun (London) and Patrick Moloney (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a carrier having plural thermally-conductive portions, on which are locatable respective discrete quantities of smokable material. Between the portions of the carr...