ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,541, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Data exchange features for an electronic smoking device" was invented by Ramon Alarcon (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Jason Healy (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems and assemblies for data exchange related to an electronic smoking device and use thereof. A pack for an electronic smoking device comprises: a rechargeable battery for powering the pack; a power interface configured to receive electric power from an external power source to charge the rechargeable battery; a communication interface configured to excha...