ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,023, issued on July 21, was assigned to PixArt Imaging Inc. (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

"Sprayer comprising detection system for early turn off" was invented by Shih-Jen Lu (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Yang-Ming Chou (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Chih-Hao Wang (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan), Chien-Yi Kao (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan) and Hsin-Yi Lin (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprayer, comprising: a container, configured to contain liquid; a passage, comprising a first opening, a second opening, a resonator and a mesh, when the liquid is passed through the resonator, the liquid is emitted as a gas; a first optical sensor, configur...