ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,356, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Electrode arrangement for aerosol provision system" was invented by David Alan Nelson (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Steve Hughes (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for an aerosol provision system that includes the cartridge and a control unit. The cartridge includes an air channel extending from an air inlet for the cartridge to an outlet via an aerosol generation region; a heating element for heating aerosolizable material, such as liquid, from a reservoir to generate aerosol in the aerosol generation region; and a valve located in the ai...