ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,858, issued on July 1, was assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Security features for aerosol generation device" was invented by Sean Lukan (Winston-Salem, N.C.), TJ Root (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Patrick Bailey (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Rae McNeil (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Benjamin Gatti (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security device for an aerosol generation device includes an engagement assembly configured to releasably engage a portion of the aerosol generation device and a locking assembly operably coupled to the engagement assembly. The locking assembly is configured to have a locked s...