MUMBAI, India, Sept. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617082276 A) filed by Essity Hygiene And Health Aktiebolag on July 03, 2026, for Method For Manufacturing An Absorbent Web-Based Product, Absorbent Web-Based Product And Apparatus For Manufacturing An Absorbent Web-Based Product.

Inventors include Raum, Stefan; Lamb, Hans-Jrgen; Munerelle, Corinne; Weisang, Nicolas; Oxley, Antonia; Viviani, Elena; Malm, Tero; Rokkonen, Teijo; Minkkinen, Hannu; Kernen, Janne; Laukkanen, Olli-Ville; Koponen, Antti; and Ketola, Annika.

The application for the patent was published on September 04, 2026, under issue no. 36/2026.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing an absorbent web-based product including the steps of: preparing a fibrous foam, wherein the preparing comprises dispersing fibers and one or more surface active agents in a liquid, with a fiber content of 5% to 60% by weight, a surface active agents content of 0.02% to 1.20% by weight, and a liquid content of 40% to 95% by weight and supplying and dispersing gas in the liquid until a gas content of 64% or more by volume is reached, forming the fibrous foam into a foam layer, draining the fibrous foam in the foam layer to form a fibrous web, wherein the fibrous web has a liquid content of 20% to 85% by weight, and drying the fibrous web to obtain an absorbent web-based product.

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