Patents Represented by Attorney David M. Welrich
  • Patent number: 6703537
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined to at least a portion of the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet, and a waste management element disposed in at least a portion of a crotch region. The waste management element preferably includes an acceptance element having an effective open area of at least about 30 percent and a storage element having a compressive resistance of at least about 70 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald C. Roe, Cheryl D. Fox, Aleksey M. Pinyayev
  • Patent number: D548338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Susan Margaret Smith, Jessica Marie Vollendorf