ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,642, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Benefit agent containing delivery particle" was invented by Johan Smets (Lubbeek, Belgium), Corey James Kenneally (Mason, Ohio), Ariel Lebron (Cincinnati), Pascale Claire Annick Vansteenwinckel (Weerde, Belgium), Robert Stanley Bobnock (Menasha, Wis.), Peggy Dorothy Sands (Appleton, Wis.), Todd Arlin Schwantes (Lena, Wis.) and Chad Alexander Hladilek (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Benefit agent containing delivery particles that can be supplied as slurries, compositions comprising such particles, and processes for making and using such par...