MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617062885 A) filed by Unicharm Corporation on May 18, 2026, for Absorbent Article.

Inventors include Shimazu, Takeshi; and Tada, Mikihiko.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: An absorbent article (1) comprises an absorbent body (10), a front waist section (20), and a back waist section (30). At least one of the front waist section (20) and the back waist section (30) has, on the side thereof closest to the skin, a sheet section (25) comprising a cotton layer (25a). At least a portion of the sheet section is positioned above the absorbent body (10) in the vertical direction. The absorbent article (1) further comprises: a joining section (50x) constituted of an upper-side arrangement region (25UP) belonging to the sheet section (25) and an adjacent sheet member adjacent to the upper-side arrangement region (25UP) on the non-skin side in the thickness direction, the upper-side arrangement region (25UP) and the adjacent sheet member being joined to each other by welding or adhesion; and a non- joining section (50z) in which the upper-side arrangement region (25UP) and the adjacent sheet member are not joined to each other by welding or adhesion.

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