ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,609, issued on July 28, was assigned to JT International SA (Geneva).

"Aerosol generating system comprising a case and an inhalation device and method of removing the inhalation device from the case" was invented by Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir (Bellevue, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating system includes a case and an inhalation device, which can be accommodated in the case. The case has a body and a lid movable relative to the body. The inhalation device and the lid have a combination of a magnet and a ferritic element, which cooperate to move the inhalation device relative to the body, when the lid is mov...