ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,527, issued on Feb. 4.

"Ceramic vaporizer and atomizer system" was invented by Carlos R. Villamar (Falls Church, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic vaporizer and atomizer system, method and computer program product, including a ceramic vaporizer case; and a ceramic atomizer removably coupled to the ceramic vaporizer case. The ceramic vaporizer case includes external cooling fins for heat dissipation. The ceramic atomizer includes a mouthpiece portion with external cooling fins for heat dissipation. The ceramic atomizer includes a chamber for housing a heating element and that is configured as an insulator for heat retention....