ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,229, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Cartridge for an aerosol delivery device" was invented by John DePiano (Burlington, Mass.), David Smith (Needham, Mass.), Charles Jacob Novak III (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Frank S. Silveira (Wilmington, Mass.), Steven Lee Alderman (Lewisville, N.C.), Grady Lance Dooly (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Frederic Philippe Ampolini (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Timothy Brian Nestor (Advance, N.C.), Quentin Paul Guenther Jr. (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Stephen Benson Sears (Siler City, N.C.), John William Wolber (Nashua, N.H.) and Michael Laine (Newburyport, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent...