ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,958, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Consumer product comprising biodegradable delivery particles" was invented by Susana Fernandez Prieto (Benicarlo, Spain), Valerie Francine Hans Eykens (Diest, Belgium), Timothy Roy Nijakowski (Mason, Ohio), Rita Del Pezzo (Brussels), Johan Smets (Lubbeek, Belgium), Linsheng Feng (Menasha, Wis.), Travis Ian Bardsley (Appleton, Wis.), Fadi Selim Chakar (Neenah, Wis.) and Robert Stanley Bobnock (Menasha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell."

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