ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,872, issued on July 1, was assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Disabling control 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 methods for controlling disabling of an electronic smoking device. An electronic smoking device includes a body through which a flow path at least partially extends, an air inlet in the body that is fluidly connected to the flow path, a liquid compartment for storing a liquid within the body, a vaporizer positioned in the body and configured to receive l...