ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,634, issued on May 20, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Cover for an electronic dispersion device" was invented by Buket Sahin (Richmond, Va.), Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.), Qiang Wang (Glen Allen, Va.) and Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispersion device includes a first dispersion generating system, a second dispersion generating system and an outlet end element including a first outlet corresponding to the first dispersion generating system and a second outlet corresponding to the second dispersion generating system."

The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2024, under...