ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,301, issued on April 15, was assigned to FONTEM VENTURES B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Electronic cigarette" was invented by Lik Hon (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizing electronic cigarette has an atomizing core component and a liquid storage component. including an electric heater. The electric heater may have a through hole aligned with a channel passing through the liquid storage component. The cigarette can heat and uniformly vaporize liquid from the liquid storage component, with the user inhaling the vaporized liquid. The vapor generated by the atomizing process may be cooled as it flows through the channel."
The patent w...