ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,118, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Paper towel rolls" was invented by Kevin Mitchell (West Chester, Ohio), Robert Edward Reinerman (Cincinnati), Douglas Jay Barkey (Salem Township, Ohio), Mark Alan Green (Cincinnati), Paul Dennis Trokhan (Hamilton, Ohio), J. Michael Bills (Mason, Ohio), Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, Ohio) and Paul Thomas Weisman (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Paper towel rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Basis Weight, Roll Density, and Roll Diameter, such that the paper towel rolls meet consumers' needs, and method...