ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,950, issued on May 20, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol generating device and method for controlling same" was invented by Jang Won Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyoung Min Go (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Chul Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Min Seok Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Seong Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chul Ho Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yong Joon Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device measures a current temperature of a heater before power is supplied to the heater that heats an aerosol generating material, and sets a preheating completion...