US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on May 6 for "Zoned and/or layered substrates and method and apparatus for producing the same" (Georgia, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,819, issued on May 6, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Zoned and/or layered substrates and method and apparatus for producing the same" was invented by Jian Qin (Appleton, Wis.), Sridhar Ranganathan (Alpharetta, Ga.), Francis P. Abuto (Johns Creek, Ga.) and Vikram Kaul (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for producing a zoned and/or layered substrate are described. A substrate can include a first layer including a first zone, a second zone, and an interface between zones. The first zone can include a plurality of fibers. The second zone can include a plurality of fibers and ca...