ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,182, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KCOOPER BRANDS INC. (Aurora, Colo.).

"Rolled center dispense paper towels provided in a non-circular dispenser" was invented by George W. Dempsey (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application describes a roll of paper products that may be compressed and subsequently provided in a non-circular dispenser. The roll of paper products is coreless, rolled with a specific tension and has a specific center diameter so as to enable individual paper products to be dispensed from the center of the roll even when compressed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 5, 2022, under Application No...