ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,057, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Fabric care composition" was invented by Kristin Rhedrick Williams (West Chester, Ohio), Jaden Scott Zerhusen (Florence, Ky.) and Amanee Daarina Salaam (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric care composition including a plurality of particles, wherein each of the particles include a fabric care agent, water, a sugar alcohol polyol, and a modified starch. The modified starch can have a dextrose equivalent from 4 to 20. The fabric care active agent, said water, and said sugar alcohol polyol are dispersed in the modified starch."

The pa...