ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,633, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device with integrated inductive heater" 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. The removable cartridge comprises an ignitable heat source and a substrate portion that includes a substrate material having an aerosol precursor co...