US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Jan. 20 for "Non-combustible smoking device and components thereof" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,926, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Non-combustible smoking device and components thereof" was invented by San Li (Midlothian, Va.), Raquel Olegario (Richmond, Va.), Richard Jupe (Richmond, Va.), Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.), Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.), Edmond J. Cadieux (Mechanicsville, Va.), David Bennett (Richmond, Va.), Georgios D. Karles (Richmond, Va.) and Ben Ragland (Providence Force, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one example embodiment discloses a non-combustible smoking element including a pre-vapor formulation reservoir element configured to cont...