Granted Patent
Utility
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
Patented Case
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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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