ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,770, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Shenzhen Yibo Technology Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Vaporizer device with a cigarette adapter" was invented by Zhiwen Ning (Shenzhen, China), Huagan Pan (Shenzhen, China), Jianyong Chu (Shenzhen, China) and Lipei Tan (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaporizer device includes a battery module and a cigarette adapter configured to heat a cigarette to produce a nicotine-containing vapor and including a mouthpiece having a top portion and an outlet extending from the top portion and configured for receiving a proximal end of the cigarette. The device includes at least one cartridge ...