ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,777, issued on March 25, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Non-combustible aerosol provision device" was invented by Justin Han Yang Chan (London), Liu Chuan (London), Caner Yurteri (London), Colin Dickens (London), Walid Abi Aoun (London) and John McAughey (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system includes an aerosol-generating material having a top side, a barrier positioned adjacent to the top side of the aerosol-generating material and at least one passageway defined by the barrier and extending away from the top side of the aerosol-generating m...