ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,563, issued on July 29, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Atomizing assembly for use in an aerosol-generating system" was invented by Laurent Manca (Sullens, Switzerland) and Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizing assembly includes a tubing section having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the tubing section is connectable to a liquid storage portion, and the outlet end of the tubing section is in fluid communication with an atomizing nozzle. The tubing section is configured to deliver a flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate through the atomizing n...