ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,938, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Dark-tinted nonwoven webs" was invented by Nirosha Seth Wimalasena (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Absorbent articles containing dark-tinted nonwoven webs are provided. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may include a first plurality of filaments having a diameter between a between about 8 micro metre and about 50 micro metre, wherein the first plurality of filaments includes a pigment. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may include a second plurality of filaments having a diameter between about 0.3 micro metre and about 5 micro metre. The first plurality ...