US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Sept. 9 for "Electronic smoking article" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,702, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Electronic smoking article" was invented by Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond, Va.) and James Anthony Skapars (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises a plurality of fused metal beads or particles."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/...