ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,702, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ONTEX BV (Buggenhout, Belgium) and ONTEX GROUP NV (Erembodegem, Belgium).
"Absorbent core for an absorbent article" was invented by Evan Descheemaecker (Zomergem, Belgium), Karen Roets (De Pinte, Belgium) and Danny Zwanckaert (Maldegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent core for an absorbent article is provided an absorbent material, the absorbent core comprising one or more first zones comprising a first amount of absorbent material and one or more second zones comprising a second amount of absorbent material, wherein each second zone is at least partly delimited from the oth...