US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Oct. 14 for "Apparatus and method for assembling a heater assembly for a non-nicotine pod assembly" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,975, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Apparatus and method for assembling a heater assembly for a non-nicotine pod assembly" was invented by Gregory L. Nelson (Chester, Va.), Bipin Patil (Richmond, Va.), Craig Gunn (Richmond, Va.) and Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for assembling a heater assembly for a non-nicotine pod assembly includes a base, a wick feed, a slide, and a holder. The wick feed extends toward the base and defines a channel configured to receive a wick structured to draw a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation via capillary ac...