ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,610, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Aerosol delivery device including a segregated substrate" was invented by Andries Sebastian (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Serban Moldoveanu (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Balager Ademe (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Cynthia Stokes (Lexington, N.C.), Stephen B. Sears (Siler City, N.C.), S. Keith Cole (Advance, N.C.), Gary M. Dull (Lewisville, N.C.), Jannell Rowe (Clemmons, N.C.) and Billy T. Conner (Clemmons, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an aerosol source member and an aerosol delivery device that includes an aerosol source member. ...