ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,360, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Nonwoven webs with visually discernible patterns and improved texture perception" was invented by Arman Ashraf (Mason, Ohio) and Aniruddha Chatterjee (Kelkheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonwoven web for an absorbent article is provided. The nonwoven web comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on the first surface or the second surface. The three-dimensional features comprise one or more first regions and a plurality of second regions. The one or more first regions have a ...