ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,860, issued on July 1, was assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Heater and liquid transport for an aerosol delivery system" was invented by Charles Jacob Novak III (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Matthew Joel Nettenstrom (Bartlett, Ill.), Steven Michael Schennum (Plainfield, Ill.), Thomas Michael McKeon (Wheaton, Ill.) and Zachary Hy Burchman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device. In some implementations, the aerosol delivery device may comprise a control device and a cartridge having a mouthpiece portion and a tank portion with respective proximal and di...