ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,940, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Aerosol-generating device and system with conductivity sensor" was invented by Ihar Zinovik (Peseux, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system comprising: a liquid storage portion for holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an atomiser in fluid connection with the liquid storage portion; a conductivity sensor; a power supply; and control electronics. The conductivity sensor comprises at least two electrodes (104, 106) and is arranged to sense the electrical conductivity of liquid aerosol-forming substrate f...