ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,507, issued on March 18, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device with condensing and non-condensing vaporization" was invented by Michael F. Davis (Clemmons, N.C.), James Rogers (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Percy Philips (Pfafftown, N.C.) and Ercilia Hernandez Garcia (Clayton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol delivery device having condensing and non-condensing vaporization functionality is provided. The aerosol delivery device may comprise at least one housing, and a first element and second element contained within the at least one housing. The first and second element ma...