US Patent Issued to Suntory Holdings on Oct. 27 for "Scent, smell and odor creation from an aromagraph" (California, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,428, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Suntory Holdings Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Scent, smell and odor creation from an aromagraph" was invented by Chris Hanson (Sunnyvale, Calif.), William Harries (Boulder Creek, Calif.), Victor Todd Cushman (Wilmington, Del.) and Ed Costello (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed here are methods and apparati for making a desired scent, smell, odor, aroma, and/or taste. Also disclosed herein are methods and apparati for making a scent, smell, odor, aroma, and/or taste that will produce a desired response in a desired group of subjects."

The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, un...