ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,053, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Shipping unit load with increased stability and/or shipping efficiency" was invented by Steven Lee Barnholtz (West Chester, Ohio), Peter Michael Searles (Mason, Ohio), Andrew Dontae Biddle (Cincinnati), Carlos Omar Nilo Poyanco (Cincinnat, Ohio), Wesley Bernard Brokopp (Liberty Township, Ohio), Deborah Sue Slovut (Madeira, Ohio), David Mark Rasch (Cincinnati), Leo E. Taske II (Okeana, Ohio), Kimberly Marie Gerlach (Cincinnati), Michael Bernard Beckum (Cincinnati), Nneka D. Robinson (Cincinnati) and Gustav Andre Mellin (Amberley Village, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tra...