ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,383, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GRUPO P.I. MABE S.A. DE C.V. (Puebla, Mexico).

"Sanitary napkin for heavy uterine bleeding" was invented by Liliana Sanchez Serrano (Puebla, Mexico), Denisse Torres Gonzalez (Puebla, Mexico) and Karla Paulina Hernandez Ramos (Coronango, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure and discreet sanitary napkin (1) having fold back wings (3) positioned along the longitudinal sides (9) of the sanitary napkin (1) so that an overall length ratio corresponds to the equation L*(L1/L2)less than29 cm, where L is the total length of the sanitary napkin (1) taken along its longitudinal central axis (y-y...