ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,634, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"E-vaping device" was invented by Eric Hawes (Richmond, Va.), Raymond W. Lau (Richmond, Va.), Mik Dahl (Lapu-Lapu, Philippines), Jon Jarantilla (Lapu-Lapu, Philippines), Galen Salvador (Lapu-Lapu, Philippines), Jose Jesus Paolo Montalvan (Mandaue, Philippines) and Jeroen Kok (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some example embodiments, a reservoir assembly may include a reservoir and an isolation structure. The reservoir may hold a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir may include a first fluid port extending through a housing of the reservoir...