ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,919, issued on June 16, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Perfume retaining member and scent providing device" was invented by Yukito Inoue (Tokyo), Shuji Fujita (Tokyo) and Shinya Ootani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a perfume retaining member which is easy to handle and in which perfume can be stored for a long period of time without leakage.The perfume retaining member 101 includes: a housing 111 that includes an internal space, a first opening 117 and a second opening 118 that open the internal space to an outside, and movable portions 113 and 114 that are movable to open and close at least one of the...