US Patent Issued to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO on March 18 for "Aerosol delivery device with modular lighter" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,969, issued on March 18, was assigned to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device with modular lighter" was invented by Thaddeus Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), Jared Aller (Winston Salem, N.C.), Billy T. Conner (Clemmons, N.C.), Bill Webb (San Francisco) and Chris Harsacky (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to an aerosol delivery device and a holder for use with a removable substrate cartridge. In one implementation, the holder includes a main body defining a proximal end and a distal end, the main body further defining a receiving chamber configured t...