MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617069713 A) filed by Unicharm Corporation on June 03, 2026, for Underpants-Type Absorbent Article, And Absorbent Article.

Inventors include Maki, Hideaki; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Koizumi, Keito; and Yonezawa, Toki.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: Provided is an underpants-type absorbent article (1) having a pair of leg gather parts (LG) provided with three or more leg gather elastic members (17), wherein, when the region between the innermost leg gather elastic member (17a) and the outermost leg gather elastic member (17f) in the width direction is taken to be the leg gather elastic region (ER), the width of the leg gather elastic region (ER) is 10 mm or more, the average effective length of the leg gather elastic members (17) in the inner leg gather elastic region (Eri) is 10% or more shorter than the average effective length of the leg gather elastic members (17) in the outer leg gather elastic region (Ero), and a leg gather intermittent part (NP) is provided only on the front side of the center location (CL).

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