ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,898, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Temperature control in an aerosol delivery device" was invented by Charles Jacob Novak III (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Sean A. Daugherty (Yadkinville, N.C.), Michael Ryan Galloway (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Jason L. Wood (Lexington, N.C.), Mark Frisbee (Raleigh, N.C.), Wilson Christopher Lamb (Hillsborough, N.C.), Raymond Charles Henry Jr. (Green Cove Springs, Fla.) and Nadi Findikli (Clinton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a power source, a heating element, a switch coupled to and between the p...