ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,358, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Absorbent article with narrow stabilization element" was invented by Stephen Lebeuf Hardie (Mason, Ohio), Ronda Lynn Glassmeyer (Cincinnati) and Fred Naval Desai (Fairfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction and a transversal centerline extending in a transversal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and bisecting the absorbent article in a front half and back half is presented. The absorbent article includes a liquid permeable topsheet on a wearer-f...