US Patent Issued to RAI Strategic Holdings on May 27 for "Method for hydrolysis of lactic acid for aerosol delivery device" (North Carolina, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,396, issued on May 27, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Method for hydrolysis of lactic acid for aerosol delivery device" was invented by Gary M. Dull (Lewisville, N.C.), Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Serban C. Moldoveanu (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Frank Kelley St. Charles (Bowling Green, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing an aerosol precursor composition is provided, which includes the steps of providing a first aqueous solution comprising one or more organic acids in water; subjecting the first aqueous solution to hydrolysis to give a hydrolyzed aqueous solution with...