ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,287, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Absorbent fibrous web" was invented by Joraine Rossler (Gothenburg, Sweden), Anna Nihlstrand (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Lars Fingal (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an absorbent fibrous web, in which the fibres are constituted by cellulosic fibres including cellulosic staple fibres and cellulose pulp fibres and the absorbent fibrous web is a foam-formed hydro-entangled fibrous web. The present disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing such an absorbent fibrous web."

The p...