ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,934, issued on June 3, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Electronic aerosol provision system and method" was invented by Patrick Moloney (London) and Justin Han Yang Chan (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of user characterization for an aerosol provision system is disclosed herein. The system is configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol generating material for user inhalation. The method involves detecting an airflow associated with the start of a user inhalation upon the aerosol provision system, calculating a gradient for the air flow during a first period following the start of inhalation, pred...