ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,259, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CMC GROUP INC. (Bowling Green, Ohio).

"Hygiene product pod and methods of using same" was invented by Benjamin Gabriel Stern (Indiatlantic, Fla.), James J. Ramirez (Palm Bay, Fla.) and Pablo Enrique Fernandez (Rockledge, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are hygiene product pods and a method of using the hygiene product pods. A hygiene product pod can include a water-soluble envelope and a hygiene product sealed in the water-soluble envelope. A hygiene product as described herein can comprise a non-aqueous carrier. A non-aqueous carrier as described herein can comprise a polyol...