ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,081, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Daio Paper Corp. (Ehime, Japan).

"Disposable diaper and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Yuka Fujiwara (Ehime, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable diaper includes: a top sheet constituting a use-side surface; a liquid impervious sheet disposed on a back surface side; and an absorbent element interposed therebetween. A moisturizing agent mainly containing glycerin is applied to the top sheet, an application region of the moisturizing agent is an exposed region that can be at least visually recognized directly from a use surface side in an unfolded state of the pr...