ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,328, issued on June 17.

"Retrofittable waterless urinal assembly with odor control and method of installing and retrofitting using the same" was invented by Gregory Holliday (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterless urinal comprises a receptacle, a lid assembly, and a pipe. The receptacle comprises an inner body and truncated-conical outer body; a leakproof liquid storage chamber is defined between inner and outer bodies. The lid assembly is movably attached to receptacle and comprises a pump spray assembly in fluid communication with the liquid storage chamber and distributes a cleaning solution drawn from the liqui...