ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,655, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Cartridge and manufacturing method of cartridge" was invented by Mitsuru Okada (Tokyo), Masayuki Kimura (Tokyo) and Yuya Serizawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leftover material is prevented from being generated from a part, of a cartridge that forms a vapor product, where positioning is performed. There is provided a cartridge that is assembled in a part of a vapor product that includes a heating element for heating an aerosol source. The cartridge includes a first component and a second component, at least one of which being formed of resin, a connection ...