US Patent Issued to Virginia Commonwealth University, PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, East Carolina University on Sept. 29 for "Electronic nicotine delivery device assessment system and method of use thereof" (Virginia, Louisiana, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,803, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va.), PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Baton Rouge, La.) and East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.).

"Electronic nicotine delivery device assessment system and method of use thereof" was invented by Bernard Fuemmeler (Henrico, Va.), Thomas Eissenberg (Henrico, Va.), Corby Martin (Baton Rouge, La.) and Eric Soule (Greenville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods of identifying the functional characteristics and operational settings of any electronic inhalants or apparatuses that are designed to provide ni...