ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,005, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Waste sorting and separation process for absorbent articles" was invented by Rodrigo Rosati (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a waste sorting process for separating used absorbent articles from a general waste stream, the process comprising the steps of: providing a packaged product comprising an outer package, a plurality of absorbent articles and a first disposal bag, wherein the plurality of absorbent articles and the first disposal bag are contained within the outer package, wherein the first dis...