ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,169, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Jaemin Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an aerosol generating device including a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substance; and a controller configured to control a current supplied to the heater without using feedback control such that the heater is heated to a pre-set reference temperature, and when the heater is heated to the reference temperature, control the current by using feedback control such that the heater is further heated ...