ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,355, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Coty Inc. (New York).

"Method for refilling an empty fragrance container in-store" was invented by Christophe J Silhavy (Levallois-Perret, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of refilling an empty container with a fragrance, using a refilling platform comprising a transfer system and defining channels having an inlet and an outlet, the method comprising: Adding a preselected amount of fragrance concentrate to the inlet of the refilling platform wherein the preselected amount of fragrance concentrate is transferred with the transfer system through the outlet of the refilling platform ...