ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,502, issued on June 30, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Three-dimensional nonwoven materials and methods of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Antonio J. Carrillo Ojeda (Appleton, Wis.), Davis Dang H. Nhan (Menasha, Wis.), Neil T. Scholl (Neenah, Wis.), Vasily A. Topolkaraev (Appleton, Wis.), David G. Biggs (New London, Wis.), Mark M. Mleziva (Appleton, Wis.), Steven J. Roffers (Neenah, Wis.) and Dustin J. Smith (Green Bay, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three dimensional nonwoven materials and methods of manufacturing such materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method can include provid...