ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,184, issued on April 7, was assigned to Reckitt Benckiser Health Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Packaged lubricated condom" was invented by Qun Su (Qingdao, China), Zhiyuan Wang (Qingdao, China) and Xufeng Wu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged condom may include a sealed package and, within the package, a condom including natural rubber latex and/or synthetic polyisoprene. The condom includes an aqueous lubricant on one or more surfaces thereof. The aqueous lubricant is in contact with the natural rubber latex and/or synthetic polyisoprene. The aqueous lubricant includes a thickener and one or more organic compounds in a tot...