MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617050292 A) filed by Unicharm Corporation on April 20, 2026, for Absorbent Article.

Inventors include Mori, Kazutaka; Shimazu, Takeshi; and Moriya, Ayako.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbent article (1) having a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction that are mutually orthogonal in an unfolded state and comprising an absorbent core (10) that is liquid-absorbent, a top sheet (2) layered farther on the skin side than the absorbent core (10), and a leakproof sheet (3) layered farther on the non-skin side than...