ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,131, issued on June 30, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol generation" was invented by Kav Ghanouni (London) and Jocelyn Benning (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a laminate aerosol generating material, wherein the material comprises an aerosol-forming layer attached to a carrier layer, wherein the aerosol-forming layer comprises an amorphous solid, and wherein the carrier layer has a thickness from about 10 micro metre to about 2.5 mm."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2019, under Application No. 17/250,500.

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