ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,630, issued on July 29, was assigned to Simon Rucker (London).

"Vaporiser with lid comprising protrusion" was invented by Simon Rucker (London), Jeremy John Wright (London) and Alista Din Fe magrini (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaporiser device (1) comprising a heating chamber (2) for receiving a sachet of herbal material (3) to be heated with which said vaporiser (1) is used, and a lid (4) which is movable between an open position in which an internal area (5) of said heating chamber (2) is accessible and a closed position in which said lid (4) overlies said internal area (5), and in which said lid (4) comprises a protru...