ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,641, issued on May 20, was assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Electronic cigarette with illuminated tip" was invented by Ramon Alarcon (Los Gatos, Calif.), Adam Hoffman (Campbell, Calif.), Christopher Myles (San Jose, Calif.) and James R. Conrey (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes. More particularly, to electronic cigarettes including a circumferential light guide that distributes light transmitted by a light source, and controller circuitry that variably illuminates the circumferential light guide of the electronic cigarette based on a user's ...