ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,545, issued on March 17, was assigned to Unicharm Corp. (Ehime, Japan).

"Pet diaper and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Daisuke Komatsubara (Kanonji, Japan) and Daichi Fukumoto (Kanonji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet diaper extending in a lateral direction along a waist of a pet and in a longitudinal direction from a ventral side to a dorsal side of the pet, the lateral direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the pet diaper including: a main body including an absorbent core and a tail hole configured to pass feces of the pet; and a first elastic string attached to the main body in a ...