ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,374, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Gene Pool Technologies Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Vaporizer cartridge" was invented by Alexander Aksenov (New York) and Arnaud Dumas De Rauly (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaporizer cartridge configured to removably interface with one or two rings is described. The cartridge features one or two separate attachment element, each attachment element interfacing with one or more decorative rings. These rings can be adorned with third-party branding materials, and the removable nature of the rings allows the vaporizer cartridges to be easily replaced with rings bearing different branding m...