ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,116, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Electronic smoking article comprising one or more microheaters" was invented by William Robert Collett (Lexington, N.C.), Stephen Benson Sears (Siler City, N.C.), Dennis Lee Potter (Kernersville, N.C.), Steven Lee Alderman (Lewisville, N.C.) and Mo Kebaili (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article comprises one or more microheaters. In various embodiments, the microheaters provide for improved control of v...