ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,544, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Process for making a particulate laundry detergent composition" was invented by Joss Prest (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain), Zoe Dyter (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain), Eric San Jose Robles (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain) and Hossam Hassan Tantawy (Northumberland, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for making a particulate laundry detergent composition, the process includes the steps: (a) contacting water, starch, acid and perfume to form a concentrated aqueous acidic mixture, the concentrated acidic mixture includes: (i...