Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,879,343 · App. 08/755,514
Highly efficient surge material for absorbent articles
Inventors:
Richard Norris Dodge, II, Clifford Jackson Ellis, Connie Lynn Hetzler, Sylvia Bandy Little, Tamara Lee Mace, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Hoa La Wilhelm
Patented Case
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Granted: Mar 9, 1999
Filed: Nov 22, 1996
Inventors
Richard Norris Dodge, II
Clifford Jackson Ellis
Connie Lynn Hetzler
Sylvia Bandy Little
Tamara Lee Mace
Lawrence Howell Sawyer
Hoa La Wilhelm
Assignee (at issue)
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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