ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,469, issued on May 12, was assigned to XEOTECH GMBH (Berlin).

"Method for operating an electronic vapor generation device" was invented by Marko Medic (Amberg, Germany) and Michael Goch (Hannover, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and operational method for generating a consumable vapor includes: a holder and a detachable consumable cartridge. A controller is integrated with the holder to control the vapor generation device. The consumable cartridge includes a consumable product and a heater that heats the product to generate the vapor. An electric interface between the holder and the consumable cartridge transfers elect...