ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,246, issued on June 16, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Device for an electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette, method for forming a device for an electronic cigarette, and method for forming an electronic cigarette" was invented by Frank Pueschner (Kelheim, Germany), Josef Gruber (St. Ruprecht An Der Raab, Austria), Bala Nagendra Raja Munjuluri (Bangalore, India), Walther Pachler (Wetzelsdorf, Austria), Jens Pohl (Bernhardswald, Germany) and Thomas Spoettl (Mintraching, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for an electronic cigarette. The device includes an enveloping element defining an ...