ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. D1,150,448, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Sanitary napkin" was invented by Emma Lynn Sartini (Covington, Ky.), Mahlon Elizabeth Lowry (Montgomery, Ohio), Amit Kumar Kaushik (West Chester, Ohio), Emily Lynn Mallon (Cincinnati), Holly Balasubramanian Rauckhorst (Ft. Thomas, Ky.), Lizbeth Natasha McCormick Rivera (Harrison, Ohio) and Curtis Hunter Van Valkenburgh (Batavia, Ohio).

The patent was filed on May 14, 2024, under Application No. D/942,159.

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