ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,939, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Puff Corp. (Los Angeles).

"Portable pipe assembly" was invented by Dane Wiedemann (Los Angeles), Avinash Bajpai (Aguora Hills, Calif.) and Roger Volodarsky (Glendale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a portable water pipe assembly for use in the vaporization of substances. Methods of using such an assembly are also provided."

The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/107,570.

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