ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,187, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Fast-wetting coform fibrous structures" was invented by Christopher Michael Young (Loveland, Ohio), Steven Lee Barnholtz (West Chester, Ohio), Todd Leon Mansfield (Cincinnati) and Michael Gomer Stelljes (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fast-wetting (hydrophilic) coform fibrous structures, more particularly fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, for example dry fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, employing a wet-laid fibrous structure such as a paper web, and a coform fibrous structure, multi-ply fibrous structures, for example multi-...