US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Aug. 11 for "Particulate laundry softening wash additive" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,841, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Particulate laundry softening wash additive" was invented by Alessandro Corona III (Wyoming, Ohio), Michael Paul Fontaine (Springboro, Ohio), Lenae Virginia Johnson (Cincinnati), Rajan Keshav Panandiker (West Chester, Ohio), Charles L. Schmitt (Cincinnati) and Jaden Scott Zerhusen (Florence, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition including a plurality of particles, the particles including: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble carrier, about 5% to about 45% by weight a quaternary ammonium compound; and about 0.5% to about 10% by weigh...