ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,876, issued on May 19, was assigned to JT International S.A. (Geneva).

"Aerosol generation device and method for controlling such an aerosol generation device" was invented by Akira Yamaguchi (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generation device designed to operate with a consumable article includes a socket for receiving the consumable article; a heater configured to heat the consumable article when it is received in the socket; first and second sensors each configured to detect the consumable article inside a respective first and second portion of the socket and generate a respective first and second sensor signal; and...