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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Alan Burazin, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kai F. Chiu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/100 ; D21H 2/702 ; B31F 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/100 ; D21H 2/702 ; B31F 1/00 ;
Abstract
A highly absorbent tissue product is provided having a uniform density and a three-dimensional structure including at least first and second background regions separated by a visually distinctive transition region. The first and second background regions include a series of parallel ridges and depressions extending in the machine direction.