ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,985, issued on July 7, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Strip element for an absorbent hygiene article" was invented by Filip Sillerstrom (Molndal, Sweden), Rui Pedro Moreira Correia (Gothenburg, Sweden), Nils Erik Johannes Omberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Borja Moises Rojo Perez (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a strip element configured to be internally or externally, fixedly or removably provided to an absorbent hygiene article, such as a diaper. The strip element comprises at least one sensing element for obtaining excretion-related infor...