ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,465, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Personal care compositions for cleansing the skin" was invented by Olubolaji Akintelure (Mason, Ohio), Karl Shiqing Wei (Mason, Ohio) and Wei Ji (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein, personal care compositions, methods and uses. Personal care compositions include at least a cleansing phase and a benefit phase, wherein the cleansing phase comprises an aqueous structured surfactant phase. The cleansing phase comprises: a C13 alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant; a zwitterionic surfactant, wherein the zwitterionic surfactant comprises a beta...