ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,868, issued on May 19, was assigned to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Aerosol delivery device" was invented by Thaddeus Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), Jared Aller (Winston Salem, N.C.), Billy T. Conner (Clemmons, N.C.), Bill Webb (San Francisco), Chris Harsacky (San Francisco), Daniel Warren Rennecker (Naperville, Ill.), Matthew Joel Nettenstrom (Bartlett, Ill.) and Steven Michael Schennum (Plainfield, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to an aerosol delivery device and a holder for use with a removable substrate cartridge. In one implementation, the holder includes a main body...