ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,126, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SPOTTA Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"System for dispensing a pest attractant or repellent, corresponding refill and method" was invented by Robert Fryers (Cambridge, Great Britain), Neil D'Souza-Mathew (Cambridge, Great Britain), Gareth Funk (Cambridge, Great Britain), Paris Thomas (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Aidan Thomas (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for dispensing a pest attractant or repellent into a surrounding environment, comprising: a main reservoir for storing a fluid; a control volume coupled to the main reservoir, a first flow restrictor arra...