ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,712, issued on March 31, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol provision system" was invented by Gary Fallon (London) and Walid Abi Aoun (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an aerosol provision system comprising a power source; an aerosol generating component; and, control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is arranged to control the power source and the aerosol generating component to provide a selection between at least: a predetermined aerosolization profile; and a variable aerosolization period, to be applied to aerosol generating material."

The patent was filed on Nov. 27, 2020...