ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,921, issued on June 16, was assigned to Zobele Holding, S.p.A (Trento, Italy).

"Device for diffusing volatile substances" was invented by Walter Sordo (Trento, Italy) and Stefano Deflorian (Trento, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for diffusing volatile substances that comprises a container (1), an upper closing element (2) which closes the opening of the container (1) and a wick (3) jointed to the closing element (2). The container (1) comprises an opening, a reservoir containing a predetermined volume of a liquid volatile substance, and a lower neck (6). The closing element (2) further comprises at least one internal per...