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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:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Samantha Jane Price, Twickenham, GB;
Uwe Thomas Michael Horst Hirsch, Griesheim, DE;
Veronique Marie Josephine Kremer, Schwalbach, DE;
Inventors:
Sybille Fuchs, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Samantha Jane Price, Twickenham, GB;
Uwe Thomas Michael Horst Hirsch, Griesheim, DE;
Veronique Marie Josephine Kremer, Schwalbach, DE;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F005/44 ; A61F013/20 ; A61F013/15 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Digital tampons are disclosed which are capable of radially expanding into a non circular cross-sectional shape upon exposure to a wet environment, typically in use condition, so as to reduce bypass leakage. The inventions also relates to tampon blanks and a process of producing the tampons.