ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,620, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to JT International SA (Geneva).

"Induction heating assembly for an aerosol generating device" was invented by Herman Hijma (Kampen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heating assembly for an aerosol generating device comprises a heating chamber for receiving at least part of an aerosol generating substrate, an induction coil positioned externally of the heating chamber for generating an electromagnetic field, and a holder positioned inside the heating chamber. The induction heating assembly further comprises an inductively heatable susceptor mounted on the holder, the inducti...