ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,276, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Aptar Radolfzell GmbH (Radolfzell, Germany).
"Dispenser and analysis unit for same" was invented by Michael Helmlinger (Radolfzell-Bohringen, Germany) and Jorg Kohnle (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser for pharmaceutical or cosmetic media, including a housing, a media reservoir and a discharge opening, wherein medium from the media reservoir is delivered into a surrounding atmosphere through the discharge opening. The dispenser has an electronic analysis unit for detecting usage of the dispenser, and the electronic analysis unit is configured for releasa...