ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,385, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising an amylase" was invented by Michelle Jackson (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain), Katarzyna Bell-Rusiewicz (Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain), Manasi Bhate (San Francisco), Hon Kit Chan (San Francisco), Jonathan Lassila (South San Francisco, Calif.), Brian James Paul (Wilmington, Del.), Sandra W. Ramer (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Patricia Tran (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a variant Alpha-amylase wherein the variant Alpha-amyl...