ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,343, issued on July 21, was assigned to JT International S.A. (Geneva).

"Aerosol generation device" was invented by Kyle Adair (Lisburn, Great Britain), Olayiwola Olamiposi Popoola (Walton-on-Thames, Great Britain) and Peter Loveday (Epsom, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device extending along a longitudinal axis (X) includes an outside casing defining an internal volume, the internal volume including a payload compartment; and a power supply block arranged in the internal volume of the outside casing. The outside casing includes a frame delimiting at least a first opening and a first screen arrang...