ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,986, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Absorbent article with laminate bond pattern" was invented by Urmish Popatlal Dalal (Milford, Ohio) and Astrid Annette Sheehan (Symmes Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article includes a first and second waist region and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The absorbent article includes a chassis having a topsheet, backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. A laminate may be joined to the chassis. The laminate is an ultrasonically bonded laminate having a bond ...