ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,435, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Daio Paper Corp. (Ehime, Japan).

"Individually wrapped absorbent article" was invented by Ayumi Nagahashi (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Object] To provide an individually wrapped absorbent article that can be smoothly opened and includes an adhesive tab tape having a sufficient adhesive strength even in a post-process.[Means of Achieving the Object] An adhesive tab tape 4 includes an upper layer tape 4A and a lower layer tape 4B. The upper layer tape 4A includes an upper layer substrate 20 and an upper layer adhesive 21 that is applied to the lower surface of the upper layer s...