ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,405, issued on May 27, was assigned to SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vaporization main unit and aerosol-forming device" was invented by Danchong He (Shenzhen, China), Fenglei Xing (Shenzhen, China), Pifa Shen (Shenzhen, China), Zhihua Feng (Shenzhen, China), Hua Tan (Shenzhen, China), Kuizhang Luo (Shenzhen, China), Zhiyong Ke (Shenzhen, China) and He Jin (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaporization main unit includes: a mounting base comprising a mounting portion for mounting an aerosol-forming article; and a heating element for heating the aerosol-forming article, the heating element being ar...