ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,437, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ONTEX BV (Buggenhout, Belgium) and ONTEX GROUP NV (Erembodegem, Belgium).
"Smart absorbent articles" was invented by Ainas Weber (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany), Jens Hellmold (Beckum, Germany), Lisa Heirman (Waasmunster, Belgium) and Alissa Idelson (Rheinbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article for personal hygiene such as a diaper, or training pant, or incontinence insert, the absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and backsheet, an indicator for indicating the pre...