US Patent Issued to Fontem Ventures on Sept. 16 for "Electronic smoking device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,585, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Electronic smoking device" was invented by Simon James Smith (Hertford, Great Britain) and Christopher James Rosser (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic smoking device (10) comprises a power supply/atomizer portion (12) and a replaceable liquid reservoir portion (14) which is coupleable with the power supply/atomizer portion (12). The liquid reservoir portion comprises a liquid reservoir (34) storing a liquid and the power supply/atomizer portion comprises a power supply (18) and an atomizer (26) adapted to atomize the liqui...