ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,244, issued on June 16, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol delivery device, an article for use therewith, and a method of identifying an article" was invented by Patrick Moloney (London), Anton Korus (London) and Justin Han Yang Chan (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article including an aerosolizable material; and a signal altering component, wherein the signal altering component is configured to alter a first signal transmitted at least partially through the article into a second signal indicative of article data."

The patent was filed on March 11, 2025, under Application No. 19/076,175.

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