ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,624, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Non-nicotine electronic vaping device with a memory module" was invented by Raymond W. Lau (Glen Allen, Va.), Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.) and Loi Ying Liu (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-nicotine e-vaping device includes a heater, a power control circuit, and a memory module. The heater element is configured to heat a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation being devoid of nicotine and including at least one non-nicotine compound. The power control circuit is coupled to the heater element through a ...