US Patent Issued to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO on Sept. 30 for "Aerosol delivery device with integrated lighter" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,634, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device with integrated 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, a power source, and a lighter portion. The main body defines an aerosol passageway, a proximal end an...