ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,973, issued on March 18, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Closed-loop control of temperature and pressure sensing for an aerosol provision device" was invented by Sky Carman (Clemmons, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision device includes a housing; a consumable including aerosol-generating material. The aerosol provision device or the consumable includes an aerosol generator to generate an aerosol from the aerosol-generating material. The device includes a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, and a high-side load switch coupled to or coupleable with the aerosol generator, and ...