ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,037, issued on March 31, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Wearable article comprising a laminate" was invented by Rodrigo Rosati (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Zheng Bao (Beijing), Koichi Morimoto (Beijing), Lu Ye (Frankfurt, Germany), Nancy Melinda Messer Myers (Lakeside Park, Ky.) and Gueltekin Erdem (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wearable article comprising a laminate with excellent sweat management properties. The laminate comprises a first web and a second web. The second web is formed of a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, which are integrally combined with each other. The second fi...