ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,086, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Microtextured liquid transport element for aerosol delivery device" was invented by Michael F. Davis (Clemmons, N.C.), Frederic Philippe Ampolini (Winston-Salem, N.C.), James William Rogers (Cornelius, N.C.), Andries Don Sebastian (Clemmons, N.C.), Eric Taylor Hunt (Pfafftown, N.C.), Sawyer Hubbard (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and David Allan Brammer (Smyrna, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a reservoir containing a liquid aerosol precursor composit...