US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on May 13 for "Electronic vaping device" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,091, issued on May 13, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Electronic vaping device" was invented by Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.), Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.), Barry S. Smith (Richmond, Va.), Ali A. Rostami (Richmond, Va.) and Michael J. Mullins (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the electronic vaping device includes a cartridge and a battery section. The cartridge and the battery section are connectable so as to define an air inlet between a portion of the cartridge and a portion of the battery section."

The patent was filed on Oct. 20, 2022, under Appl...