ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,227, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Aspeya US Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Dry powder compositions with magnesium stearate" was invented by Kambiz Yadidi (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stable dry powder composition for inhalation includes acetylsalicylic acid in particles having a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) in a range of about 1 micro metre to about 5 micro metre. The dry powder composition may contain a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, such as a stearate, in an amount ranging from about 0.04% (w/w) to about 0.06% (w/w), or from about 0.4% (w/w) to about 0.6% (w/w), of the composition."

The patent w...