ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 27 -- Altria Client Services, Richmond, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (9,872,516) developed by eight co-inventors for an oral product. The co-inventors are Feng Gao, Midlothian, Virginia, Frank Scott Atchley, Tarpon Springs, Florida, Gregory James Griscik, Midlothian, Virginia, Christopher Joseph DiNovi, Ruther Glen, Virginia, Phillip M. Hulan, Midlothian, Virginia, Diane L. Gee, Chesterfield, Virginia, Jason Flora, Richmond, Virginia, and Shuzhong Zhuang, Glen Allen . . .