ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,972, issued on March 18, was assigned to SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Aerosol generation device and heating assembly thereof" was invented by Zhenlong Jiang (Guangdong, China) and Pei Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an aerosol generation device and a heating assembly thereof. The heating assembly includes an electrically conductive external tube, an electrical resistance circuit disposed in the external tube and having an electrode electrically connected with the external tube, a first electrode lead wire in electrical connection with the external tube, and ...