ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,605, issued on March 17, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Aerosol generating device with a sealed chamber for accommodating a battery" was invented by Peter Loveday (Epsom, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an aerosol generating device for delivering aerosol upon heating a liquid contained in the device including: an outside casing comprising a battery and a receiving cavity extending in an axial direction of the device; the receiving cavity being arranged for receiving a cartomizer at a first end of the device and supplying electrical power to the cartomizer, an interna...