ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,694, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol generating apparatus" was invented by Ho Rim Song (Daejeon, South Korea), In Beom Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Seob Woo (Daejeon, South Korea), Chang Gook Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyung Bin Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus, including: a supercritical extraction unit that includes at least one of tobacco and aromatic plant as a raw material, and extracts an extraction component from the raw material by a supercritical fluid; a collection unit that collects the extraction com...