ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,931, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Imperial Tobacco Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Smoking substitute component" was invented by Dean Cowan (Liverpool, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an aerosol-delivery component comprising a vaporiser and having an airflow path extending from at least one upstream air inlet to a downstream air outlet. The airflow path comprises a vaporiser portion extending past (e.g., through a hole in) the vaporiser. The vaporiser portion of the airflow path is at least partly defined by an air tube, e.g., a metal air tube. The air tube has an inlet in fluid communication with the ...