ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,370, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Arylessence Inc. (Marietta, Ga.).

"Freshening compositions comprising controlled release modulators" was invented by Florin-Iosif Vlad (Annandale, N.J.) and Austin Howard (Dallas, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to freshening compositions, devices comprising same and methods of using and manufacturing same. A freshening composition of this invention may comprise (i) from about 0.1 wt % to about 95 wt % perfume raw material, (ii) from about 0.01 wt % to about 90 wt % fragrance release modulator, and (iii) from about 1.0 wt % to about 95 wt % solvent. Some freshen...