US Patent Issued to BPSI HOLDINGS on Sept. 15 for "High opacity coatings and substrates coated therewith" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,133, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to BPSI HOLDINGS LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"High opacity coatings and substrates coated therewith" was invented by Thomas Mehaffey (Harleysville, Pa.) and Manish Ghimire (Harleysville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed film coating compositions for use on oral dosage forms such as compressed tablets and other orally-ingestible substrates which contain a water-soluble polymer, an opacifying agent such as, calcium carbonate or starch, and isomalt. The film coating compositions can be in the form of a fully formulated dry blend or as an aqueous suspension which can ...