ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,167, issued on March 4, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolizable medium, an article of aerosolizable medium and a method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus" 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: "A method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises: sensing, at a first sensor of a sensor arrangement, a first indicia of an article comprising aerosolisable medium; sensing, at a second sensor of the sensor arrangement spaced a predetermine...