ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,048, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Disposable absorbent article" was invented by Maja Wciorka (Braunschweig, Germany), Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer (Hofheim, Germany) and Udo Friedel Schoenborn (Bad Soden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable absorbent article is provided having an absorbent core located in a chassis and including absorbent particulate polymer material defining at least one cavity. The absorbent core may be substantially cellulose free or comprise a combination of particulate absorbent polymer material and wood pulp. Methods for making such an absorbent core and...