US Patent Issued to Sony on March 18 for "Scent retaining structure, method of manufacturing the scent retaining structure, and scent providing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,501, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sony Corp. (Tokyo).

"Scent retaining structure, method of manufacturing the scent retaining structure, and scent providing device" was invented by Yukito Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scent retaining structure is provided and includes a plurality of retaining spaces; a plurality of first openings that is an air supply port and allow each of the plurality of the retaining spaces to be opened to outside, wherein the plurality of the retaining spaces each has a ventilation area that faces at least one of the plurality of the first openings, a retaining area that communicates with...