ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,512, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Structuring premixes and liquid compositions comprising them" was invented by Marco Caggioni (Cincinnati), Vincenzo Guida (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Italy) and Jocelyn Michelle McCullough (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structuring premix having a non-polymeric, crystalline, hydroxyl-containing structuring agent and at least two nonionic surfactants having a low HLB and a high HLB. A liquid fabric care composition that includes such a structuring premix. A process for making a structured liquid fabric care composition."

The patent was filed o...