ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,867, issued on July 14, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol provision system" was invented by Mark Forster (London), William England (London), Walid Abi Aoun (London), Richard Hepworth (London) and Valerio Sebold (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-combustible aerosol provision system is described including an article (1) having an aerosol generating material (3) and a mouthpiece (2) downstream of the aerosol generating material, wherein the aerosol generating material provides an aerosol when heated and the mouthpiece comprises a capsule (11) and the part of the mouthpiece in which the capsule is lo...