US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on June 23 for "Absorbent structures and methods for manufacturing absorbent structures" (Wisconsin, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,276, issued on June 23, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent structures and methods for manufacturing absorbent structures" was invented by Bradley W. Schoon (Oshkosh, Wis.), Thomas Vercauteren (Appleton, Wis.), Daniel T. Labash (Appleton, Wis.), Mark J. Beitz (Appleton, Wis.), Nicholas M. Peters (Alpharetta, Ga.), Andrew T. Baker (Norcross, Ga.) and David G. Biggs (New London, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Absorbent structures and methods of manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an absorbent structure may comprise first and second substrate material layers and a mixture of superabsor...