ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,578, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Detergent compositions" was invented by Jonathan Harris Flannery (Columbia Township, Ohio), Sherri Lynn Randall (Hamilton, Ohio) and Philip John Porter (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detergent compositions can include a surfactant; cloudiness causing perfume ingredient; and octanoic acid, nonanoic acid, decanoic acid, or a combination thereof. Also included are methods of solubilizing cloudiness causing perfume ingredients."

The patent was filed on Dec. 3, 2021, under Application No. 17/541,310.

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