ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,126, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Heating element, heating device, and heat-not-burn cigarette" was invented by Hongming Zhou (Shenzhen, China), Hong Li (Shenzhen, China), Huanxi Li (Shenzhen, China), Rihong Li (Shenzhen, China), Zhenqian Cheng (Shenzhen, China) and Yurong Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating element includes: a conductive substrate; an insulating layer located on the conductive substrate; a heating layer located on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the conductive substrate; a first conductive member located on the insul...