ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,415, issued on May 27, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Vapor provision system and corresponding method" was invented by Shixiang Chen (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor provision system comprising: a heating element for generating a vapor from a vapor precursor material; and control circuitry configured to provide power for the heating element for performing a heating operation to generate the vapor and to compare a measurement of a resistance value for the heating element for the heating operation with a baseline resistance value for the heating element for use in detecting a fault condition. The con...