ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,895, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to S. C. JOHNSON & SON INC. (Racine, Wis.).

"Dispenser and method of use thereof" was invented by Calistor Nyambo (Racine, Wis.), Curtis R. Conklin (Waterford, Wis.), Caitlin Y. O'Gara (Milwaukee), Jia Wang (San Jose, Calif.) and Todd Ulrich (Racine, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer article includes a non-active state and an active state. The multi-layer article includes an outer layer with a first side and a second side, and at least one inner layer that is disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the outer layer and that includes a volatile material therein. The at least one i...