ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,443, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ADD Advanced Drug Delivery Technologies Ltd. (Pratteln, Switzerland).

"Method for continuously producing an active ingredient granulate" was invented by Reinhard Nowak (Binzen, Germany), Norbert Pollinger (Mullheim, Germany), Annette Grave (Lorrach, Germany) and Michael Jacob (Weimar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the continuous production of an active ingredient granulate is provided, which comprises the following steps: (a) preparing a spray composition by dissolving or dispersing an active ingredient and optionally one or more excipients in a liquid; (b) providing solid...