US Patent Issued to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS on April 29 for "Electronic smoking article having a vapor-enhancing apparatus and associated method" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,042, issued on April 29, was assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Electronic smoking article having a vapor-enhancing apparatus and associated method" was invented by Dennis Lee Potter (Kernersville, N.C.) and Stephen Benson Sears (Siler City, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor-enhancing apparatus is provided for an electronic vapor smoking article. Such an apparatus includes a filter material and a tubular housing defining a lumen. The lumen has a mouth-engaging end and a longitudinally-opposed component-engaging end, and is configured to receive the filter material therein. The component-engaging ...