ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,272, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Substrates and laminates for absorbent articles" was invented by Kelyn A. Arora (Cincinnati), John L. Hammons (Hamilton, Ohio) and Donna R. Hill (Verona, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides substrates and laminates for absorbent articles and absorbent articles comprising the substrates or laminates. The substrates and laminates may have three-dimensional elements, land areas, and increased permeability regions intermediate at least some of the land areas and at least some of the three-dimensional elements. The increased perm...