US Patent Issued to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS on Feb. 25 for "Radio-frequency identification (RFID) authentication system for aerosol delivery devices" (North Carolina, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,208, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Radio-frequency identification (RFID) authentication system for aerosol delivery devices" was invented by Wilson Christopher Lamb (Hillsborough, N.C.), Raymond Charles Henry Jr. (Green Cove Springs, Fla.), Terrence E. Rogers (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Frederic Philippe Ampolini (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control body and cartridge that are coupleable with one another to form an aerosol delivery device are provided. The control body comprises a control component and an RFID reader contained within at least one housing. T...