ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,972, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to EH PEST Ltd. (Slough, Great Britain).

"Liquid electrical vaporizer" was invented by Edward Francis (Udyog Vihar, India), Ankita Khanna (Udyog Vihar, India), Deeksha Punj (Udyog Vihar, India) and Skand Saksena (Udyog Vihar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wick for a liquid electric vaporiser comprises charcoal, inorganic minerals and water. Furthermore, the wick has a lower end and an upper end and is characterized in that the wick has a porosity between 24% and 44%. The wick exhibits a permeability between 3.2 and 9 mm per hour, wherein the permeability is a measure of a vertical travel ...