ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,383, issued on March 25, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Article for use with an apparatus for heating an aerosol generating agent" was invented by Kaveh Ghanouni (London), Richard Hepworth (London), Walid Abi Aoun (London), Karl Kaljura (London), Thomas David Leah (London) and Shasa Harris (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article for use with an apparatus for heating aerosol generating agent to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol generating agent, the article including a support layer having a first surface, wherein at least a portion of the first surface is rough and an aerosol generating...