ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,180, issued on April 14, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Low-power-consumption aerosol provision device with visual indicator" was invented by Keith George Beidelman (Madison, Wis.), Thomas Paul Blandino (Cottage Grove, Wis.), Ashley John Sayed (London), Mitchel Thorsen (Madison, Wis.) and Luke James Warren (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision device is provided. The device comprises a plurality of electrical components, a heating assembly comprising a heater component for heating aerosol generating material, and a battery to power the plurality of electrical components and the heating ass...