ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,595, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Won Kyeong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Sub Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Byung Sung Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, an aerosol generating device may include a battery configured to supply a battery voltage, a first boost circuit configured to boost the battery voltage to a first boost voltage higher than the battery voltage, a second boost circuit configured to generate first and second switching voltages respectively based on first and second P...