India. P&G filed the patent application number 201717014905 for compositions comprising encapsulated actives within droplets and other compartments.

Procter & Gamble Co and President and Fellows of Harvard College File Patent Application for Compositions Comprising Encapsulated Actives within Droplets and Other Compartments 20 October 2017 Indian Patent News Kolkata, Oct. 20 -- USA-based Procter & Gamble Co and President and Fellows of Harvard College filed patent application for compositions comprising encapsulated actives within droplets and other compartments. The inventors are Wesner John Christopher, Caggioni Marco, Zhu Taotao, Weitz David A, Abbaspourrad Alireza and Choi Chang Hyung. Procter & Gamble Co and President and Fellows of Harvard College filed the patent application on April 27, 2017. The patent application number is 201717014905 A. The international classification numbers are A61K9/50, A61Q13/00 and A61K8/11. The abstract of the patent published by the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks states: "The present invention generally relates to microparticles and in particular to systems and methods for encapsulation within microparticles. In one aspect the present invention is generally directed to microparticles containing entities therein where the entities contain an agent that can be released from the microparticles e.g. via diffusion. In some cases the agent may be released from the microparticles without disruption of the microparticles. The entities may be for instance polymeric particles hydrogel particles droplets of fluid etc. The entities may be contained within a fluid that is in turn encapsulated within the microparticle. The agent may be released from the entity into the fluid and then from the fluid through the microparticle. In such fashion the release of agent from the microparticle may be controlled e.g. over relatively long time scales. Other embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making such microparticles methods of using such microparticles microfluidic devices for making such microparticles and the like." The Patent was published in the Issue No. 37/2017 of the Patent Office Journal on Sept. 15, 2017. About the Company Procter & Gamble Co (P&G;) is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods. About the Applicant The President and Fellows of Harvard College is the smaller of Harvard University's two governing boards, the other being its Board of Overseers. Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees (the other being Harvard Extension School). Founded in 1636, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world.