ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,511, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Absorbent article" was invented by Kiyoul Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Myoungjin Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Seongkyun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Gicheul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an absorbent article exhibiting an improved effect of preventing the body fluid from leaking by including a superabsorbent polymer film having excellent absorbency in three-dimensional gathers."
The patent was filed on May 11, 2022, under Application No. 18/266,063.
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