ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,423, issued on May 19, was assigned to Olfera Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Olfactory delivery scaffolds using antisense oligonucleotides and methods for making and using same" was invented by Kelvin Cooper (Sarasota, Fla.), Parnian Lak (Mountain View, Calif.) and Renaud Renault (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary olfactory delivery scaffolds may include 1) an olfactory targeting component, stimulant, or odorant that is recognized by the olfactory nerves via, for example, a smell response, 2) a molecule with biological activity, a therapeutic component, and/or drug (sometimes collectively referred to herein ...