ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,567, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Particulate laundry scent additive comprising a polyethylene glycol/ethoxylated alcohol polymer composition" was invented by Jaden Scott Zerhusen (Florence, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition including a plurality of particles, each of the particles including: about 40% to about 90% by weight of the particles water soluble polymer; about 1% to about 40% by weight of the particles of a salt hydrate; and about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the particles perfume; wherein the perfume is dispersed in a matrix of the water soluble polymer and the ...