ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,641, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.), Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Phoenix) and The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Methods and techniques for processing responses of an olfactory test" was invented by Steven Dunn Munger (Gainesville, Fla.), John E. Hayes (University Park, Pa.) and Richard Gerkin (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An olfactory test comprising an olfactory test article including a plurality of trials that each has an associated concentration of a stimulus of interest. Aspects of the pre...