ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,716, issued on March 25, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Embossed multi-ply tissue products" was invented by Christopher Steven LeCount (Greenville, Wis.), Kevin Joseph Vogt (Neenah, Wis.), Sarah Ann Funk (Omro, Wis.), Jeffrey Dean Holz (Sherwood, Wis.), Jason Daniel Hanke (Appleton, Wis.) and Mike Thomas Goulet (Neenah, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an embossed multi-ply tissue product that is visually pleasing and has improved physical attributes. For example, the inventive multi-ply tissue products have reduced stiffness, such as a GM Flexural Rigidity less than ...