US Patent Issued to Nicoventures Trading on May 19 for "Aerosol generating apparatus and method of determining the presence of an article" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,873, issued on May 19, was assigned to Nicoventures Trading Ltd. (London).

"Aerosol generating apparatus and method of determining the presence of an article" was invented by Patrick Moloney (London) and Anton Korus (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating apparatus is provided, including a chamber configured to receive an article including an aerosolizable medium and a detection circuit configured to generate data indicative of the presence of an article comprising an aerosolizable medium within the chamber. The detection circuit can include an inductor and a capacitor arranged in a resonant circuit and a detector...