ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,164, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Discretizer and method of using same" was invented by Christopher Michael Young (Loveland, Ohio), Steven Lee Barnholtz (West Chester, Ohio) and Fei Wang (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discretizers that exhibit improved solid additive laden fluid flow emanating from the discretizers and methods of using same, particularly for making fibrous structures are provided."

The patent was filed on June 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/214,552.

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