US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Oct. 14 for "Tampon and applicator assembly with advantageously-shaped gripping portion" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,393, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Tampon and applicator assembly with advantageously-shaped gripping portion" was invented by Ayub Ibrahim Khan (Cincinnati), Naomi Ruth Nelson (Cincinnati), Eric Mitchell Schickli (Cincinnati) and Kerry Lloyd Weaver (Florence, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tampon product including a tampon within an applicator assembly is disclosed. The applicator assembly includes a barrel portion joined to a gripping portion, imparted with features that improve utility and convenience for the user. In one example the gripping portion has a rearward edge defining d...