ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,937, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BLACKSHIP TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT LLC (North Chesterfield, Va.).
"Composite micro-vaporizer wicks" was invented by Yongjie Xu (Richmond, Va.) and Donovan Phillips (Midlothian, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite wick is provided for use in a micro-vaporizer having a fluid reservoir and a heating element. The composite wick comprises a wick body positionable so that its upstream surface is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and the downstream surface is disposed in opposition to a surface of the heating element. The wick body comprises at least one base wick structure ha...