ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,576, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Sealed absorbent article package with natural fibers" was invented by Michael Remus (Schwlbach am Taunus, Germany), Stephan Spiekers (Crailsheim, Germany) and Peter Kramkowski (Bad Soden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package of one or more absorbent articles, wherein the one or more absorbent articles are sealed within the package is described. The package has a plurality of panels and a top fold line. The plurality of panels includes a consumer-facing panel and a top panel disposed superjacent to the consumer-facing panel. Each of the plurali...