ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,280, issued on June 23, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Absorbent articles with different types of channels" was invented by Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi (Oberursel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article has a front side, a back side, a longitudinal axis, a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first type of channels, wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to another, and a second type of channels, wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wra...