ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,818, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Absorbent article with leg gasketing cuff" was invented by Jeromy Thomas Raycheck (South Lebanon, Ohio), Lisa Jane Goodlander (Okeana, Ohio), Lisa Maria Grinkemeyer (Harrison, Ohio), Jessica Lee Mosman (Cincinnati), Jason Edward Naylor (Loveland, Ohio) and LeAnn Nichole Phillips (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable absorbent article may include a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff. The inn...