ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,967, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Vaporizer for an aerosol-generating system and vaporizing method" was invented by Michel Bessant (Carouge, Switzerland), Fabien Duc (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Zachary Elliott (Loughborough, Great Britain), Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Hossein Ostadi (Derby, Great Britain), Shaun Phillips (Peterborough, Great Britain), Bruce Renfrew (Hilltop, Great Britain), Eva Saade Latorre (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Saad Ali (Loughborough, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vaporizer includes a tube element defining an inner volume for rec...