ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,279, issued on June 23, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Fluid management layer for an absorbent article, and an absorbent article containing the same" was invented by Wanning Li (Beijing), Xiaoxin Liu (Beijing), Kun Sun (Beijing), Gerard Alain Viens (Wyoming, Ohio) and Fancheng Wang (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nonwoven sheet from about 10% to about 60% of non-swelling wicking fibers, from about 15% to about 70% of resilient fibers, and from about 25% to about 70% of stiffening fibers by weight of fluid the nonwoven as determined by the Material Composition Analysi...