Kimberly-Clark was granted a patent for soft absorbent nonwoven material.

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    "patent_title": "Soft absorbent coform nonwoven web",
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    "patent_abstract": "Soft and strong nonwoven web materials and methods of formation are described. In one embodiment, a nonwoven web may comprise a first and second outer regions of meltblown polymer fibers and absorbent fibers, the meltblown fibers formed of first and second polymer components where the second polymer component comprises greater than 0% and less than or equal to 20% by weight of a total polymeric material content of the meltblown polymer fibers, and a central region disposed between the first and second outer regions and comprising meltblown polymer fibers and absorbent fibers, the meltblown fibers being different than the meltblown polymer fibers of the first and second outer regions and not comprising the second polymer component.",
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