ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,371, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Electrically-powered aerosol delivery system" was invented by Stephen Benson Sears (Siler City, N.C.), Karen V. Taluskie (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Michael F. Davis (Clemmons, N.C.) and Balager Ademe (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol delivery system is provided, comprising a control body portion including a first elongate tubular member having a power source disposed therein. A cartridge body portion includes a second tubular member having opposed first and second ends. One of the first and second ends is removably eng...