ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,636, issued on July 29, was assigned to SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Electronic atomization apparatus, and atomizer and heating body of electronic atomization apparatus" was invented by Zhiqiang Shi (Shenzhen, China), Guangwu Tang (Shenzhen, China) and Xianjun Fu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating body for heating a vaporized aerosol generation substrate includes: a substrate layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a heating layer formed on the first surface and/or the second surface; and a plurality of through holes having a capillary force. Each thr...