Patents by Inventor Ricardo DeOlivera

Ricardo DeOlivera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Absorbent product having a non-woven fabric cover with a three-dimensional profile region
    Patent number: 6673418
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a body-facing cover layer, a garment facing barrier layer and an absorbent element between the cover layer and the barrier layer. The cover layer is a non-woven fabric formed from an interconnected network thermoplastic polymer fiber elements. At least a portion of the non-woven fabric is three-dimensional having a plurality of raised regions, semi-raised regions and compressed regions, the raised regions having a lower fiber density relative to the semi-raised regions, the semi-raised regions having a lower fiber density relative to the compressed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo DeOlivera, John T. Ulman