US Patent Issued to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO on July 15 for "Aerosol delivery device with static ignitor contacts" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,024, issued on July 15, was assigned to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device with static ignitor contacts" was invented by Jared Aller (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Thaddeus Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), Karen H. Cleckley (Kernersville, N.C.), Daniel W. Rennecker (Naperville, Ill.), Matthew J. Nettenstrom (Bartlett, Ill.) and Steven M. Schennum (Plainfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an aerosol delivery device for use with removable and replaceable cartridges. The device includes a holder defining a proximal end and a distal end and a receiving chamber configured to receive the ...