ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,037, issued on May 12, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Electronic aerosol provision system and method" was invented by Robert Kersey (London), Patrick Moloney (London) and Darryl Baker (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic aerosol provision system can include an airflow sensor operable to measure an airflow parameter; a profile recall unit operable to recall one or more inhalation airflow profiles, describing at least one of a velocity or an amount of air inhaled through the electronic aerosol provision system over a course of a puff by a user; and a comparison processing unit operable to compare a ...