ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,016, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Receptacle section" was invented by Richard Hepworth (Southampton, Great Britain) and Colin Dickens (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle section for an aerosol provision article is described. The aerosol provision article is for generating a flow of aerosol in use. The receptacle section is arranged for receiving therein an activatable element for modifying, once activated, a property of the flow of aerosol. The receptacle section includes at least one activating element operable to apply, after an installation of the activatable element in the ...