ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,706, issued on March 31, was assigned to Aspire North America LLC (Venice, N.Y.).

"Atomizing core, atomizer, electronic cigarette, and assembly method" was invented by Michael Wang (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizing core, an atomizer, an electronic cigarette, and an assembly method are provided. The atomizing core is used for atomizing an atomizing substrate to form an aerosol, and includes: an atomizing core housing defining an airflow inlet, an airflow outlet, an accommodating space between the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet, and at least one atomizing substrate inlet in communication with the...