US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Sept. 15 for "Method of making e-vaping section by supporting heater and portion of wick using support plate" (New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,678, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Method of making e-vaping section by supporting heater and portion of wick using support plate" was invented by David Schiff (Highland Park, N.J.), Chris Carrick (Newark, Del.), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.), Ali Rostami (Glen Allen, Va.), Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.) and Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes supporting at least one first heater, and at least partially supporting at least one portion of at least one first wick, using a support plate in an e-vaping section, configuring t...