ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,764, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Drug delivery device assembly and accessory for drug delivery device" was invented by Jakob Halkjaer Pedersen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Joshua Jay Dudman (Copenhagen, Denmark), Chiushun Dan (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Kasper Friis (Horsholm, Denmark), Carsten Bech (Virum, Denmark), Adrianus Gerardus Verschuren (Newbury Park, Calif.), Michael John McColligan (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Filip Saarman (Copenhagen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drug delivery device assembly is provided, including an injector housing, a needle assembly, a drive assembly, an...