ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,920, issued on June 16, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing olfactory delivery in virtualized environments using an olfactory delivery engine" was invented by Alireza Bahremand (Mesa, Ariz.), Richard Gerkin (Tempe, Ariz.), Mason Manetta (Mesa, Ariz.), Jessica Lai (Tempe, Ariz.), Robert LiKamWa (Tempe, Ariz.), Brian Smith (Phoenix) and Christy Spackman (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary implementations for olfactory delivery in virtualized environments using an olfactory delivery engine are described. Mimi...