ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,901, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Drylock Technologies NV (Zele, Belgium).

"Absorbent article with improved bottom distribution assembly" was invented by Steven Smet (Zele, Belgium), Tom Derycke (Zele, Belgium), Werner Van Ingelgem (Zele, Belgium) and Bart Van Malderen (Zele, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet (300), a liquid impervious backsheet (200), absorbent material positioned between the liquid pervious topsheet and the liquid impervious backsheet, and a bottom distribution assembly between the absorbent material and the liquid impervious backsheet, wherein...