ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,591, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Cartomiser" was invented by Matthew Howard (London), David Bishop (London), David Rushforth (London) and Charanjit Nandra (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cartomiser for a vapour provision system configured to selectively generate vapours with different flavour characteristics. Also disclosed is a vapour provision system comprising said cartomiser and a method of operating the vapour provision system. The flavour characteristics may be used to provide an end-of-life indication to a user."

The patent was filed on Oct...