ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,249, issued on May 5, was assigned to SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen City, China).

"Vapor generation device" was invented by Zuqiang Qi (Shenzhen City, China), Weifeng Gong (Shenzhen City, China), Jiamao Luo (Shenzhen City, China), Baoling Lei (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: "A vapor generation device includes a housing. The housing includes a near end and a far end opposite to each other in a length direction, the near end being provided with a first opening, and the far end being provided with a second opening. The housing...