ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,045, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Wearable article comprising an elastic laminate" was invented by Rodrigo Rosati (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Zheng Bao (Beijing), Koichi Morimoto (Beijing), Lu Ye (Frankfurt, Germany), Nancy Myers (Lakeside Park, Ky.) and Gueltekin Erdem (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wearable article comprising an elastic laminate with excellent sweat management properties. The elastic laminate comprises a first web and a second web. The second web is formed of a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, which are integrally combined with each other. The se...