ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,174, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Nonwoven and absorbent articles having the same" was invented by Xiaoxin Liu (Beijing), Sijia Wang (Beijing), Fancheng Wang (Beijing), Tong Tong (Beijing), Kun Sun (Beijing) and Xiaohui Dong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a three-dimensional nonwoven comprising a first side, a second side, a protruded first area comprising an upper portion formed in the first side and a lower portion formed in the second side, and a second area comprising a plurality of deformations, wherein the upper portion has a shape memory in...