ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 13 -- Altria Client Services, Richmond, Virginia, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,092,041, initially filed April 14, 2017) developed by three co-inventors for an e-vaping device. The co-inventors are Steve R. Rinehart, Chesterfield, Virginia, Barry S. Smith, Hopewell, Virginia, and Charles Dendy, Ruther Glen, Virginia.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO% . . .