MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617098067 A) filed by Unicharm Corporation on August 13, 2026, for Absorbent Article.

Inventors include Kato, Nobuyuki; and Suzuki, Kenta.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: An absorbent article (1) is provided with a crotch elastic region (ER) in a crotch part thereof, and has a peripheral region (AR) surrounding the crotch elastic region (ER). When the absorbent article (1) is viewed from the non-skin side, the absorbent article (1) has a background color region (61) and a specific color region (60) having a certain specific color different from the background color. When the ratio obtained by dividing the total area of the specific color region (60) provided in the crotch elastic region (ER) by the area of the crotch elastic region (ER) is defined as a first area ratio, and the ratio obtained by dividing the total area of the specific color region (60) provided in the peripheral region (AR) by the area of the peripheral region (AR) is defined as a second area ratio, the absolute value of the difference between the first area ratio and the second area ratio is equal to or greater than the first area ratio or equal to or greater than the second area ratio.

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