ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,458, issued on May 13.
"Portable non-combustion vaporizer for tobacco consumables" was invented by Mark Krietzman (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heating a consumable containing tobacco (or other plant material) without combustion to release smoke free vapors. A consumable having one or more deformable frangible sections is insertable into a chamber in a heating device with at least temperature controlled heating. During insertion of the consumable into the device, a protrusion deforms a frangible section(s) of the consumable which forms an air gap in a separation between the deformed section of the consu...