ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,536, issued on June 3, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Vaporizer including a heater assembly and a delivery device" 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: "A vaporizing assembly for an aerosol-generating system may comprise a delivery device and a heater assembly. The heater assembly may comprise a heat resistive substrate and a heating element. The delivery device is configured to deliver an aerosol-forming substrate to at least a surface of the heat resistive substrate, wherein the heating element is isolated or separat...