ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,348, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Consumer product compositions comprising a population of encapsulates" was invented by Johan Smets (Lubbeek, Belgium), An Pintens (Brasschaat, Belgium), Raul Rodrigo-Gomez (Brussels), Joana Andreia Lameiras Domingues (Brussels), Fadi Selim Chakar (Neenah, Wis.), Linsheng Feng (Menasha, Wis.), Presley Genevie Neuman (Appleton, Wis.) and Robert Stanley Bobnock (Menasha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Consumer product compositions, such as fabric care compositions, that include a treatment adjunct and a population of encapsulates, where the encapsulates...