ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,635, issued on May 26, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Elastomeric laminate" was invented by John D. Tucker (Canton, Ga.), Glynis A. Walton (Roswell, Ga.), Shawn E. Jenkins (Suwanee, Ga.), Patricia H. Calhoun (Alpharetta, Ga.), Jeffrey Krueger (Roswell, Ga.), Wade R. Thompson (Cumming, Ga.), Fang Wang (Alpharetta, Ga.), Mehdi Gholipour (Roswell, Ga.), Simon Poruthoor (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Ray Sterling (Woodstock, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and (articles of manufacture therefrom) including forming an elastic film from a polymer composition; tensioning the elastic film to a stretch ratio of...