ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,118, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Embossed tissue" was invented by Massimo Cagnone (Prato Sesia, Italy), Gabriel F. Botero Ospina (London) and Claudia Gelmini (Verona, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed tissue products have an embossing pattern that is aesthetically pleasing and provides improved product properties, such as good bulk, while reducing processing issues, such as wrinkling. The embossing patterns generally comprise a background and a foreground pattern where the background pattern is the dominate pattern and provides the product with a uniform appeara...