US Patent Issued to Soda Aromatic on April 8 for "Volatile component evaluation method and device used therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,797, issued on April 8, was assigned to Soda Aromatic Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Volatile component evaluation method and device used therefor" was invented by Hitoshi Takagaki (Noda, Japan), Kenzo Kasai (Nodi, Japan) and Hanna Ochi (Noda, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first flow channel connected to a gas release channel of a gas chromatograph that sends at least a volatile component separated by the gas chromatograph into the mouth of an evaluator; a container that stores a non-gaseous flowable specimen having fluidity; and a second flow channel that sends the flowable specimen into the mouth."

The patent wa...