ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,204, issued on May 26, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Disposable hygiene absorbent product" was invented by Christian Bremer (Gothenburg, Sweden), Stina Lindlof (Gothenburg, Sweden), Marcus Ruden (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Peter Ronnberg (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable hygiene absorbent product having a liquid-permeable topsheet of a translucent material, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet is disclosed. The absorbent core has a smaller extension than the topsheet and the backsheet and is surround...