ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,873, issued on July 14, was assigned to SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen City, China).

"Atomizer and electronic cigarette" was invented by Linhai Lu (Shenzhen City, China), Yinzhe Li (Shenzhen City, China), Zhongli Xu (Shenzhen City, China) and Yonghai Li (Shenzhen City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atomizer of an electronic cigarette includes an outer housing, and the outer housing is internally provided with a liquid storage cavity and an atomization assembly; the atomization assembly includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to each other, and an atomization surface extending from the ...