ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,980, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Laminate webs and absorbent articles having the same" was invented by Pietro Cecchetto (Fairfield, Ohio), Linda Ann Sauer (Beijing) and Shihuang Li (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate web having a polymer film layer and a nonwoven layer is disclosed. The polymer film layer makes up a first side of the laminate web and the nonwoven layer makes up a second side of the laminate web. The laminate web has a plurality of first elements extending from the polymer film. The web also has a plurality of second elements such as recesses, protr...