ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,002, issued on July 21.

"Air odor removal system and toilet bowl plate with sewage plumbing attachment for a toilet assembly" was invented by John Marion (Lake Placid, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air odor removal system with sewage or septic plumbing attachment removes odors from a toilet assembly by having a conduit surrounding the opening of a toilet bowl and another conduit fluidly coupling the opening of the toilet bowl with an air mover, e.g., vacuum, wherein the air mover will remove air within the toilet bowl and, in some embodiments, the toilet tank, which typically includes a negative odor, and transfer said air a...