ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,278, issued on June 23, was assigned to DSG Technology Holdings Ltd. (Kwai Chung, Hong Kong).

"Absorbent composite, an absorbent article employing the same, and methods, systems, and apparatus for making the absorbent composite and/or article" was invented by Andrew Wright (Rotherham, Great Britain), Eugenio Varona (Marietta, Ga.), Anne Smid (Wolvega, Netherlands) and Dennis Smid (Wolvega, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent core composite is disclosed for incorporation into a disposable absorbent article. The composite includes a first material layer and a second material layer (preferably nonwoven) partially sec...