ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,354, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Atomization nozzle for aerosol delivery device" was invented by Vahid Hejazi (Concord, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides aerosol delivery devices having a variety of configurations and arrangements. Some aspects of the disclosure provide aerosol delivery devices having a first pump configured to deliver a flow of air; a second pump configured to deliver a flow of liquid; and a nozzle configured to receive the flow of air and the flow of liquid and output the liquid in an atomized form."

The patent was filed...