ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,174, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Tissue product and method and apparatus for producing same" was invented by Emmanuelle Kientz (Kunheim, France), Agne Buob (Kunheim, France), Hans-Jurgen Lamb (Mannheim, Germany), Carlo Russo (Mainz-Kostheim, Germany), Jurgen Sauter (Ismanning, Germany) and Sebastien Jeannot (Kunheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a multi-ply tissue paper web for tissue paper products including providing a first inner web having a basis weight of 10 to 30 gsm, providing a first and a second outermost web being non-rib...