US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Sept. 16 for "Component including a volatile hydrophobic coating and methods including the same" (Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,298, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Component including a volatile hydrophobic coating and methods including the same" was invented by Jian Qin (Appleton, Wis.) and Sridhar Ranganathan (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of manufacturing a substrate including a component, such as superabsorbent material, having a volatile hydrophobic coating are disclosed. The method can include providing a fluid supply including a liquid and providing a supply of the component. The component can include a volatile hydrophobic coating. The method can include introducing the comp...