ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,648, issued on July 29, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Method and apparatus for aerosol provision system consumable authorization" was invented by Patrick Moloney (London), Anton Korus (London) and Justin Han Yang Chan (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision device is configured to couple to a consumable component, and includes a transceiver configured for connection of the device to a communications network; and a processor configured to: obtain identification information from a consumable component engaged with the device, the identification information being uniquely provided to the consum...