ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,897, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Drylock Technologies NV (Zele, Belgium).

"Absorbent article with channels and method for manufacturing thereof" was invented by Steven Smet (Zele, Belgium), Werner Van Ingelgem (Zele, Belgium) and Tom Derycke (Zele, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core comprising an absorbent material between a top core wrap sheet and a back core wrap sheet, said absorbent core being positioned in between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein the absorbent core is provided with at least one att...