ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,101, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Mr & Mrs Oliver Ltd. (London).

"Substance dispenser and a method of providing a substance dispenser" was invented by Horatio Cary (London) and Neil Thompson (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a substance dispenser for dispensing a metered amount of a substance such as a cream or gel, other viscous or non-viscous substance, the dispenser comprising: a first housing member defining a handle for the dispenser; a cream containing chamber arranged to slide telescopically with respect to the handle member, the cream containing chamber having a nozzle opening at a first end, f...