ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,209, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PaxLabs Inc. (San Francisco).
"Vaporization device with lip sensing" was invented by Nicholas J. Hatton (Oakland, Calif.), James Monsees (San Francisco) and Adam Bowen (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, including systems and devices ("vaporizers"), for vaporizing material to form an inhalable aerosol that include capacitive lips sensing to regulate the temperature of the vaporizer, including transiently boosting the temperature. Methods of operating a vaporizer having a capacitive lip sensor are also described."
The patent was filed on April 30, 2024, under Applicat...