ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,552, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Web material structuring belt comprising a seam and method for making and using" was invented by Kathryn Christian Kien (Cincinnati), Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, Ohio) and Ward William Ostendorf (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Web material structuring belts that impart texture to a web material during a web material structuring operation/process and/or during a structured web material operation/process wherein the web material structuring belts include one or more seams ("seam-containing web material structuring belts"), method...