ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,885, issued on July 14, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Dispenser unit for aerosol precursor" was invented by Andries Don Sebastian (Clemmons, N.C.), Charles Jacob Novak III (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra (Advance, N.C.), Eugenia Theophilus (Clemmons, N.C.), Marielle Anitra Keyna Des Etages (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Joseph Dominique (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Wesley S. Jones (Lexington, N.C.), Bradley Phillips (Glen Iris, Australia), Mark Dockrill (Chadstone, Australia), Simon A. English (Croydon North, Australia), Simon Philip Adam Higgins (Glen Iris, Australia), Thomas Crugnale (Knoxfield, Australia), Jeffrey Hughes (Tynong North, Austr...