ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,609, issued on April 15, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Absorbent article with high absorbent material content" was invented by Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger (Bad Soden, Germany), Blanca Arizti (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Ernesto Bianchi (Oberursel, Germany), Hans Adolf Jackels (Mechernich, Germany), Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer (Hofheim, Germany) and Rodrigo Rosati (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article includes a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the article, a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core dispose...