ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,281, issued on April 1, was assigned to Zobele Holding SPA (Trento, Italy).

"Device for evaporating volatile substances" was invented by Sergio Luque Vera (Barcelona, Spain), Roberto Camarero Diez (Barcelona, Spain), Jordi Maso Sabate (Barcelona, Spain) and Julio Cesar Ruiz Ballesteros (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device for evaporating volatile substances comprises a heater (1) which heats a wick (2) impregnated in said volatile substances and characterised in that said heater (1) is formed from a printed circuit board (10) provided with at least one resistor (11).It allows a device for evaporating volatile s...