ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,646, issued on April 22, was assigned to JUUL Labs Inc. (Washington).

"Cartridge of vaporization device systems having unequal transverse cartridge dimensions" was invented by Adam Bowen (San Mateo, Calif.), Steven Christensen (Burlingame, Calif.), James Monsees (San Francisco), Joshua Morenstein (San Francisco) and Christopher Nicholas HibmaCronan (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vaporization devices, components, and methods of operating the same are described. In some implementations, an apparatus includes a cartridge comprising an aerosol outlet, a fluid storage compartment, a resistive heating element, and first and...