ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,047, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Disposable absorbent articles including a first absorbent layer and a second absorbent layer" was invented by Stephen Lebeuf Hardie (Mason, Ohio) and Joshua Andrew Williams (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline is described herein. The disposable absorbent article has a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent system disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent system has a first and second a...