ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,987, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Shenzhen Impetus Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Electronic hookah with sheet-like heating device" was invented by Liqian Chen (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electronic hookah with a sheet-like heating device, which is used for heating a tobacco material, and includes a main unit. The main unit is provided with a sheet-like heating element, and a protective cover arranged on one side of the sheet-like heating element facing the tobacco material. During heating, the sheet-like heating element uniformly conducts heat to the tobacco material through the pr...