ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,349, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Fibrous substrates containing fibers with fiber additives" was invented by Kelyn Anne Arora (Cincinnati), Timothy Ian Mullane (Union, Ky.), Nathan Ray Whitely (Liberty Township, Ohio), James Terry Knapmeyer (Cincinnati) and Michael Devin Long (Harrison Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Patterned fibrous substrates having a plurality of individual fibers, a first region, and a second region are provided. The plurality of individual fibers comprise a functional surface additive. A plurality of individual fibers of the first region have a first d...