ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,115, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Jammed emulsion toothpaste compositions" was invented by Jayanth Rajaiah (Loveland, Ohio), Paul Albert Sagel (Maineville, Ohio), Michael David Curtis (Mason, Ohio), Franco Silva Medeiros (Loveland, Ohio), Angela Marie Creager (Milford, Ohio) and James Albert Berta (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Jammed oil-in-water emulsion toothpaste compositions. Opaque jammed oil-in-water emulsion toothpaste compositions without an opacifier and/or abrasive. Toothpaste compositions including jammed oil-in-water emulsion wherein the opacity can be mod...