ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,613, issued on March 17, was assigned to SHENZHEN FUNYIN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vaping device" was invented by Ying Zhou (Shenzhen, China) and Jinfang Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vaping device is disclosed, which includes: a casing; a microphone assembly provided at the bottom of the casing, wherein a first storage volume and a second storage volume, which are integrally connected, are arranged in the casing and above the microphone assembly, an atomization assembly is installed in the first storage volume and a battery assembly is installed in the second storage volume; and a ...