ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,886, issued on June 17, was assigned to Pure Scents Inc. (Pleasant Grove, Utah).
"Enhanced dispenser control" was invented by Brian Aaron Jones (Orem, Utah), Bruno Miranda Lima (Orem, Utah), Richard Nathanial Stapler III (Orem, Utah) and Zachary Dennis Blume (Orem, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scent dispenser may comprise a vial retaining mechanism, a heating element, vial sensor, and a controller. The vial retaining mechanism includes a vial coupling that removeably retains a vial containing a scented solution. The includes a wick extending from a cavity of the vial through an opening of a neck of the vial. The heating elem...