ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,685, issued on Jan. 28.
"Vaporizing article and containers for vaporizing articles" was invented by Rob Perrins (Ottawa), Michel Bouchard (Ottawa) and Jean-Pierre Bouchard (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods related to the near elimination of second-hand smoke or vapour from the process of smoking or vaporizing tobacco or Cannabis are provided. A vaporizing article is provided whereby a user may exhale into the article to capture a high percentage of the smoke and contaminants before they are released back into the surroundings. The article also provides for filtering gaseous by-products when the article is in ...