US Patent Issued to Fontem Ventures on June 10 for "Electronic smoking device with capillary element" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,459, issued on June 10, was assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Electronic smoking device with capillary element" was invented by Stefan Biel (Hamburg, Germany) and Simon James Smith (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizer/liquid portion for an electronic smoking device (10) is described and electronic smoking devices.Of the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) and the electronic smoking devices, each has a liquid reservoir (34) for storing a liquid, and an atomizer (26) comprising a capillary element (30) and a heating coil (28). The capillary element (30) is configured to capillary draw the...