ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,176, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Sanitary article comprising a water-soluble dry coating comprising skin beneficial additives" was invented by Karin Alenius (Gothenburg, Sweden), Daniel Hagberg (Kullavik, Sweden), Katarina Zorevand (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Frida Ryttsen (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary article, such as a sanitary pad, a pantyliner, a pant diaper or an open diaper, according to the present disclosure includes a fluid permeable topsheet and a backsheet. The sanitary article extends in a longitudinal direction and a transvers...