ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,526, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Michael Edward Breede (Ridgefield, Conn.).
"Hand-held inhalable vapor producing device and method" was invented by Noah Mark Minskoff (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Robert Stanford Magyar (Victoria, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for generating and delivering an inhalable vapor or aerosol. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are used to generate and deliver a vapor or aerosol containing tobacco for use in, for example, traditional smoking or, for example, to deliver a smoking cessation therapy. In some embodi...