ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 16 -- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Cincinnati, Ohio has been assigned a patent (No. US 11957555 B2, initially filed Sept. 17, 2018) developed by Dirk Saevecke, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany, and Otto Virtanen, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany, for "Absorbent article or wipe comprising a nonwoven material with bicomponent fibers comprising antimony-free polyethylene terephthalate." . . .