ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,161, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol provision system" was invented by Patrick Moloney (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision system can include an aerosol generating medium, a source of energy for heating configured to cause heating of the aerosol generating medium in a heating zone, a movement mechanism arranged to move the aerosol generating medium, an aerosol outlet through which an aerosol can flow to be inhaled by a user, and a flow path arranged between the heating zone and the aerosol outlet such that aerosol formed from heated aerosol generating medium flow...