ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,510, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Dryer sheet and process of making" was invented by Emmy Holland Orf (Mason, Ohio), Michael Paul Fontaine (Springboro, Ohio), Ahmadreza Ghobadi (Loveland, Ohio) and Johan Smets (Lubbeek, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer sheet including: a nonwoven fibrous substrate; a fabric softener composition engaged with the nonwoven fibrous layer, wherein the fabric softener composition includes: a fabric softening active; a clay; and delivery particles including a core and a polymer wall surrounding the core; wherein the core includes: a benefit agent...