ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,169, issued on April 14, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Sandro Feuerstein (Embrach, Switzerland), Adrian Schwarz (Islikon, Switzerland), Alec Wright (Guildford, Great Britain), Gabriela Greco Da Fonseca De Carvalho (Chene-Bourg, Switzerland) and Takehiro Mitsutsuka (Geneva).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generation device includes: a heating chamber for generating an aerosol by heating a consumable; a consumable port configured to receive the consumable; and a loader configured to move the consumable between a first position at the consumable port and a second...