ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,035, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to JUUL Labs Inc. (Washington).

"Atomizer assembly for a vaporizer device" was invented by Ariel Atkins (San Francisco), Christopher L. Belisle (Somerset, Wis.), Steven Christensen (Burlingame, Calif.), Alexander M. Hoopai (San Francisco), Eric Joseph Johnson (San Francisco), Jason King (San Francisco), Esteban Leon Duque (Berkeley, Calif.) and Christopher James Rosser (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A atomizer assembly for a vaporizer cartridge is provided. The vaporizer cartridge may include a reservoir containing vaporizable material and a wicking element in fluid com...