ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,291, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Vapor provision system with aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion detection" was invented by Anton Korus (London), Justin Chan Han Yang (London) and Patrick Moloney (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic vapor provision system includes: a control unit configured to provide power from a battery in the control unit, and including a controller configured to control components of the system; and an aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion separably connectable to the control unit to obtain power from the battery, and including ...