ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,506, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Method for making elastomeric laminates" was invented by Uwe Schneider (Cincinnati) and Joseph Allen Eckstein (Sunman, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. Aspects of the methods for assembling elastomeric laminates may utilize elastic strands supplied from beams that may be joined with first and second substrates, and may be configured to carry out various types of operations, such as bonding and splicing operations."

The pat...