US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on June 24 for "Nanoporous superabsorbent particles with low non-solvent levels" (Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,297, issued on June 24, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Nanoporous superabsorbent particles with low non-solvent levels" was invented by Neil T. Scholl (Neenah, Wis.), Jian Qin (Appleton, Wis.), James Dudek (Hortonville, Wis.), Priyadarshini Gadgil (Roswell, Ga.), Feng Chen (Roswell, Ga.) and Joy Lynn Holgerson (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Superabsorbent particles having less than 1000 ppm non-solvent, a median size of from about 50 to about 2,000 micrometers, and containing nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of from about 10 to about 500 nanometers are provided. The...