Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,248,097 · App. 09/327,368
Absorbent article with more conformable elastics
Inventors:
Mark J. Beitz, Monica Lynn Bontrager, Barbara Ann Gossen, Chris Lee Heikkinen, Daniel Hoo, David Andrae Justmann, Richard Francis Keller, Cynthia Helen Nordness, Douglas Paul Rammer, Lorry F. Sallee, Raymond Gerard St. Louis, David James VanEperen, Cynthia Louise Wyngaard, Sandra M. Yarbrough, Roxanne M. Zuleger, Steven Scott Friderich, Eric Scott Kepner, Kuo-Shu Edward Chang
Patented Case
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Granted: Jun 19, 2001
Filed: Jun 4, 1999
Inventors
Mark J. Beitz
Monica Lynn Bontrager
Barbara Ann Gossen
Chris Lee Heikkinen
Daniel Hoo
David Andrae Justmann
Richard Francis Keller
Cynthia Helen Nordness
Douglas Paul Rammer
Lorry F. Sallee
Raymond Gerard St. Louis
David James VanEperen
Cynthia Louise Wyngaard
Sandra M. Yarbrough
Roxanne M. Zuleger
Steven Scott Friderich
Eric Scott Kepner
Kuo-Shu Edward Chang
Assignee (at issue)
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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