US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Sept. 1 for "Process for making a water-soluble detergent pouch" (Belgian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,829, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Process for making a water-soluble detergent pouch" was invented by Miguel Brandt Sanz (Etterbeek, Belgium), Chiara Iannone (Parma, Italy) and Sophie Schittecat (Heffen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for making a water-soluble detergent pouch containing a solid component is provided, where the process employs a scraper and a vacuum. The process includes deforming a first water-soluble film into a cavity and over a surrounding edge to form an open recess and a film-covered surrounding edge, filling the open recess with a solid component,...