ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,077, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Structures comprising particles and processes for making same" was invented by John Daniel Algers (Montgomery, Ohio), Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag (Cincinnati), John David Norcom (Cincinnati), Michael Joseph Page (Cincinnati) and Christopher Michael Young (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures, for example fibrous structures, such as absorbent material, for example absorbent core material including particles, for example super absorbent polymer particles (SAP particles), and processes for making same are provided."

The patent was...