ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,430, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Process for treating a fabric article" was invented by David Joseph Caracci (Cincinnati), Justine Brieanna Woodburn (Cincinnati), Michael Joseph Dempsey Doyle (Cincinnati), Gary Scott Childers (Cincinnati), Brandon Douglas Gaddis (Cincinnati) and Stephanie Lynn Lause (Alexandria, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for treating a fabric article including three treatment sub-cycles. During each sub-cycle, a laundry treatment composition is applied. The laundry treatment compositions include a detergent composition, an acid treatment composition, a...