ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,050, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Hydrophilic nonwoven having apertures and absorbent article comprisng the same" was invented by Xiaojuan Sun (Beijing) and Gueltekin Erdem (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is related to a nonwoven comprising a first layer free from cellulose-based fibers. The first layer comprises a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a plurality of apertures. The first surface of the first layer comprises a hydrophilic non-aperture area having a first non-aperture area contact angle as measured by a Contact Angle Test. Each of ...