ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,527, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Process for forming particles" was invented by Richard Albert Huddleston (Cincinnati) and Ke Ming Quan (West Chester, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for forming particles. The process includes a step of entraining gas into a precursor material, wherein the gas includes from about 50 vol % to about 100 vol % argon and from about 0 vol % to about 50 vol % other constituents. The precursor material is deposited onto a moving conveyor. The precursor material is cooled to form a plurality of particles."
The patent was filed on June 3, 2022, u...