US Patent Issued to Japan Tobacco on July 15 for "Flavor dispenser apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,120, issued on July 15, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Flavor dispenser apparatus" was invented by Akito Kiriseko (Tokyo), Yui Nakayama (Tokyo), Minoru Sakurai (Tokyo), Sho Tanaka (Tokyo), Tatsuya Narita (Tokyo), Ryousuke Suda (Kadoma, Japan), Shinichi Fukushima (Kadoma, Japan), Seiji Yoshimura (Kadoma, Japan), Hidenori Fukuoka (Kadoma, Japan) and Kazuo Mori (Kadoma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a flavor dispenser apparatus that allows flavored aerosols to be dispensed into a glass, plate, or other dishware during a meal or the like. The flavor dispenser apparatus includes a storage part storing...