US Patent Issued to JT International on Sept. 1 for "Aerosol-generating system and device having a waveguide arrangement for authenticating aerosol-generating articles" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,376, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to JT International SA (Geneva).

"Aerosol-generating system and device having a waveguide arrangement for authenticating aerosol-generating articles" was invented by Patrick Debergh (Cressier, Switzerland) and Matteo Bruna (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system comprises an aerosol-generating article having an indicium arranged on an outer surface thereof and an aerosol-generating device usable with the article. The aerosol-generating device includes a cavity, a heater, and an optical reader system. The cavity has an opening accessible at the outer body part and is con...