ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,856, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Water-soluble unit dose article" was invented by Florence Catherine Courchay (Brussels), Steven G. Friedrich (Vancouver, Wash.), Regine LaBeque (Neder-Over-Heembeek, Belgium), Shigeng Li (Naperville, Ill.) and Luca Vitiello (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water-soluble unit dose article comprising a laundry or automatic dishwashing detergent and a method of making."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2021, under Application No. 17/551,222.

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