ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,987, issued on July 7, was assigned to TWE MEULEBEKE (Meulebeke, Belgium).

"Multi-layered non-woven structure for use as a component of disposable absorbent articles" was invented by Dany Michiels (Haaltert, Belgium) and Veronique Decambray (Waregem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to multi-layered non-woven structures being useful as components of disposable absorbent articles and garments comprising super absorbent particles and thereby acts as a core. The invention thereby ensures that the body fluids can penetrate from a first layer, which acts as an acquisition layer, up to a third layer compr...