ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,458, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Particulate laundry softening and freshening wash additive comprising perfume particles and softening particles" was invented by Jaden S. Zerhusen (Florence, Ky.), Alessandro Corona III (Mason, Ohio), Lenae V. Johnson (Cincinnati), Rajan K. Panandiker (West Chester, Ohio) and Michael P. Fontaine (Springboro, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition including: (i) a plurality of first particles comprising: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble first carrier; and a perfume; wherein each of the first particles has a mass from about 1 mg t...