ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,369, issued on July 22, was assigned to GOJO Industries Inc. (Akron, Ohio).

"Power systems for touch-free dispensers" was invented by Grant B. Carlson (Hammonds Port, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dispensers and dispensers having refill units with energy on the refill unit energy sources are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser includes a housing, a motor for operating a pump, an object sensor, an auxiliary power source, a receptacle for receiving a refill unit and an energy on the refill receiving receptacle. The dispenser further includes a processor, memory, one or more capacitors, an energy on refill voltage boost circu...