ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,600, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating system" was invented by In Su Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Jong Ki (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Joong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), John Tae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sun Hwan Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Eun Mi Jeoung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating system includes: a cavity accommodating at least a portion of a cigarette; and an induction coil located around the cavity to generate an alternating magnetic field, wherein a first susceptor and a second susceptor arranged in series along a lon...