ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,535, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to VMR Products LLC (Washington).

"Vaporizer" was invented by Jan Andries Verleur (Miami Beach, Fla.), Dan Recio (Miami), Yifeng Lu (Miami), Yinjun Zhang (Miami), Arturo Fajardo (Frisco, Texas) and Hans Verleur (El Dorado, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic cigarette or vaporizer may include a shell and a cartomizer receivable within a chamber within a portion of the shell. A basin may be included in the cartomizer to hold a vaporizable fluid, dry substance, or other vaporizable substance such as a wax. A heating element may be provided within the basin which may have a flexible non...