ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,645, issued on April 22, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).
"Flavor delivery device" was invented by Alfred Vincent Spencer (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flavor delivery device for adding flavor to an aerosol stream generated by a smoking article includes an electrical heating element configured for connection to an electrical power source; and a portion of flavorant provider arranged to receive heat from the heating element, the flavorant provider including flavorant material held in a substrate material, the flavorant material able to form a vapor and the substrate material softenable under the applicatio...