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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,861, issued on June 23, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device and operation method thereof" was invented by Byung Sung Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Min Kyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Kyeong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jong Sub Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an aerosol generating device including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating material; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; a puff detection sensor configured to detect a user's puff; and a controller configured to receive a sensing value from the puff detec...