ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,044, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Electromagnetic radiation and multi-phase oral compositions for oral care" was invented by Jayanth Rajaiah (Loveland, Ohio), Paul Albert Sagel (Maineville, Ohio) and Franco Silva Medeiros (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit includes a multi-phase oral composition for whitening teeth and a delivery carrier. The multi-phase oral composition for whitening teeth includes from about 0.002% to about 30%, by weight of the multi-phase oral composition, of a discontinuous aqueous phase having up to 10%, by weight of the multi-phase oral compositio...