US Patent Issued to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES on July 15 for "E-vaping device cartridge with internal conductive element" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,032, issued on July 15, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"E-vaping device cartridge with internal conductive element" was invented by Barry S. Smith (Richmond, Va.), Ed Cadieux (Mechanicsville, Va.) and Patrick J. Cobler (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a conductive element extending through an interior of a dispensing interface to which a heating element is coupled. The conductive element may have a greater temperature coefficient of electrical resistivity than the heating element. The dispensing interface may include a fibrous wicking material, and ...