US Patent Issued to KT&G on June 23 for "Aerosol generating device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,859, issued on June 23, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Yong Hwan Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sung Wook Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung Won Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Seok Su Jang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dae Nam Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device includes: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater; and a processor configured to: obtain an initial temperature of the heater which is measured by the temperature sensor when ...