US 12,377,230 B2
Apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolizable medium, an article of aerosolizable medium and a method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus
Patrick Moloney, London (GB); and Justin Han Yang Chan, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/626,403.
Application 18/626,403 is a continuation of application No. 15/733,695, granted, now 11,975,138, previously published as PCT/EP2019/057721, filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1805234 (GB), filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261518 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)
CPC A61M 11/042 (2014.02) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generating device for receiving an aerosol generating article, wherein the device comprises an electrical circuit comprising a controller for determining a change in an electrical property of the circuit, wherein the change is caused by a user interacting with an aerosol generating article received by the device, wherein the controller is configured to evaluate a detected change in the property of the circuit to provide an indication of whether the article received in the device is of a predetermined type.