ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,034, issued on June 24, was assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (New York).

"Packaged product and method of manufacturing and using the same" was invented by Jun Wang (Fort Washington, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged product, a method of manufacturing a package, and a method of dispensing a consumable substance from a package. The packaged product may include a flexible tube having a cavity and an opening that forms a passageway into the cavity. A cap may be detachably coupled to the flexible tube to close the opening. A flexible container may be positioned within the cavity of the flexible tube, and a consumable substanc...