ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,470, issued on March 18, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Charger for aerosol-generating devices" was invented by Felix Fernando (Old Basing, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charger may be used as a social recharge hub that charges aerosol-generating devices and facilitate social connections. The charger may be able to charge a plurality of batteries concurrently or simultaneously. The charger may capable of associating a battery identifier of one or more batteries to a user. The user may also be associated with an aerosol-generating device and to a mobile user device. The charger...