ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,031, issued on July 15, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Electronic aerosol provision system" was invented by Connor Bruton (London), Colin Dickens (London), Patrick Moloney (London), Anton Korus (Derby, Great Britain), Alfred Vincent Spencer (London), Kevin David Blick (London), Lisa Harvey (London) and Anna Azzopardi (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision device for generating aerosol from a plurality of aerosol generating areas each configured to receive an aerosol precursor material can include a power source for providing power to a first atomizing element configured to generate aerosol f...