US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Oct. 21 for "Measuring cup having a bitmapped pattern" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,295, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Measuring cup having a bitmapped pattern" was invented by Joseph Craig Lester (Liberty Township, Ohio), Joseph Henry Nurre (West Chester, Ohio), Marc Andrew Mamak (Mason, Ohio), Adam James Viel (Guilford, Ind.), Victoria Anne Borchert (West Chester, Ohio), Anthony Ogg (West Chester, Ohio), William Raymond Myers (Cincinnati), Gregory Scot Miracle (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Philip Andrew Sawin (Wyoming, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring cup including a bottom end and an open end opposite the bottom end; a sidewall extending from said bottom ...