ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,774, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Temperature profiles for operating a dual convection and conduction oven" was invented by Michael Lee Simpson (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Matthew James Bickerton (Topanga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of operating a heating oven for use with a heat-not-burn portable heating device for the delivery of vaporized natural consumables are disclosed. The oven operates according to one or more temperature profiles for the duration of a heating session. The oven heats a flower stick filled with natural consumables to vaporize volatile comp...