IP Library Granted Patent US 5,876,388
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US 5,876,388 · App. 08/603,023

Liquid distribution layer for absorbent articles

Inventors: Debra Jean McDowall, Ruth Levy, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Susan Carol Paul, Jay Sheldon Shultz, Robert D. Wright, Eugenio Varona
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Granted: Mar 2, 1999 Filed: Feb 16, 1996
Inventors
Debra Jean McDowall
Ruth Levy
Lawrence Howell Sawyer
Susan Carol Paul
Jay Sheldon Shultz
Robert D. Wright
Eugenio Varona
Assignee (at issue)
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 5,876,388
App. No.
08/603,023
Filed
1996-02-16
Granted
1999-03-02
Kind
A