ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,847, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Electronic aerosol provision system" was invented by Junior Kabirat (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol provision system comprises a reservoir for containing an aerosol precursor material; an inlet port and an outlet port both fluidly connected to the reservoir; and a control unit configured to supply a pressurized fluid to the reservoir via the inlet port to increase the pressure within the reservoir relative to the pressure external to the reservoir to force the aerosol precursor material to exit the reservoir via the outlet port."

The paten...