ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,255, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"High speed laser processes for marking on articles" was invented by Joseph Craig Lester (Liberty Township, Ohio), Marc Andrew Mamak (Mason, Ohio), Joseph Henry Nurre (West Chester, Ohio), Anthony Ogg (West Chester Township, Ohio) and Philip Andrew Sawin (Wyoming, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Laser marked articles having a predetermined feature marked onto a wall that is either user readable, machine readable, or both. Also, methods of making the marked articles by laser marking."

The patent was filed on Nov. 16, 2022, under Application No. 17/987,...