ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,638, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Aerosolizable material for insertion into an aerosol provision device" was invented by Andrew Thornton (London), Patrick Moloney (London) and Karl Kaljura (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision device for heating aerosolisable material to produce an aerosol, including a heating chamber configured to receive aerosolisable material having an inlet and an outlet, an inlet valve associated with the inlet, and an outlet valve associated with the outlet, the inlet valve and the outlet valves moveable from a first configuration to a second co...