ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,747, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PERITAS BRANDS LLC (Niceville, Fla.).

"Pet training pad device with odor applicator" was invented by Charles Weston Dudley (Destin, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet training pad device may include a pad body and an odor applicator removably attached to the pad body. The pad body may have an absorbent layer for absorbing a target odor from a target substance. The odor applicator may have an odor transfer layer for transferring the target odor to the pad body. The odor applicator may be configured to be removed from the pad body, collect the target substance on the odor transfer layer,...