ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,630, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to JUUL Labs Inc. (Washington).

"Devices for vaporization of a substance" was invented by Adam Bowen (San Mateo, Calif.), Krista Hunter (San Francisco), James Monsees (San Francisco) and Patrick A. Myall (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for generating and releasing vapor. In particular, described herein are portable devices for generating a low-temperature inhalable vapor having an elongated tubular body containing a vaporization chamber and a battery-powered heater, a removable mouthpiece covering the vaporization chamber, a display configured to indicate the temperature of t...