US Patent Issued to NICOVENTURES TRADING on March 18 for "Vapor provision system and corresponding method" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,971, issued on March 18, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Vapor provision system and corresponding method" was invented by Joseph Sutton (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor provision system comprising a heating element for generating vapor from a liquid vapor precursor material and a wick for transporting liquid vapor precursor material from a reservoir to the heating element. The vapor provision system further comprises a user activation mechanism for signaling the user's intent to start vapor generation and configured to be actuated by a user and control circuitry configured to supply a constant aver...