US 12,137,746 B2
Aerosol provision system
Patrick Moloney, London (GB); Anton Korus, London (GB); Will England, London (GB); William Hart, London (GB); and Conor McGrath, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/309,822
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/053634
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/128491, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1820890 (GB), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087322 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol provision system for generating an aerosol for user inhalation, the system comprising:
a cartridge comprising a housing containing an aerosolizable material, and
an aerosol provision device having an interface configured operatively to receive the cartridge and configured to cause the aerosolizable material to generate the aerosol for user inhalation by energizing the aerosol generating material,
wherein the cartridge includes a data storage unit configured to store information relating to the cartridge, the aerosol provision device being configured to detect the information stored in the data storage unit when the cartridge is received by the aerosol provision device and wherein the data storage unit is integrally formed with one or more walls of the housing.