ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,714, issued on June 2, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Patterned fibrous substrates" was invented by Kelyn Anne Arora (Cincinnati), Timothy Ian Mullane (Union, Ky.), Nathan Ray Whitley (Liberty Township, Ohio), James Terry Knapmeyer (Cincinnati) and Michael Devin Long (Harrison Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Patterned fibrous substrates having a plurality of individual fibers, a first region, and a second region are provided. The patterned fibrous substrates have a plurality of individual fibers of the first region having a first diameter and a plurality of individual fibers of the second region ...