ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,200, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Recycle friendly and sustainable absorbent articles" was invented by Paul Thomas Weisman (Cincinnati) and Eric Patton Weinberger (Fairfield, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising a core absorbent material, in which the core absorbent material comprises superabsorbent polymers with a bio-based content from about 5% to about 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B and the absorbent article compris...