ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,045, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Absorbent article" was invented by Pia Kalentun (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folded absorbent article including a fluid permeable topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core including at least two core layers located between the topsheet and the backsheet, an upper core layer and one or more underlying core layer(s). The upper core layer is located between the topsheet and the one or more underlying core layer(s) and the topsheet and the backsheet extend together laterally outside the absorbent core. The absorbe...