ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,372, issued on June 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Laundry treatment cartridge" was invented by Corey Elizabeth Derossett (Highland Heights, Ky.) and Carlos Amador Zamarreno (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment cartridge that includes a first sub-container and a second sub-container. The first sub-container contains and first laundry treatment composition. The second sub-container contains a second laundry treatment composition that differs from the first laundry treatment composition. The first sub-container and second sub-container are unitarily fixed wi...