ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,220, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Waste container and methods of use" was invented by Shawn J. Sullivan (Neenah, Wis.), David Koenig (Menasha, Wis.), Jonathan D. Boulos (Appleton, Wis.), Andrew Long (Appleton, Wis.) and Nickolas Barnes (Appleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Waste storage devices are provided. The waste storage device is capable of sharing information concerning the health of a user. The waste storage device includes a sampling area in the interior of the container configured to detect the presence of one or more volatile organic compounds. The waste stora...