ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,272, issued on July 14, was assigned to Emanate Biomedical Inc. (Larchmont, N.Y.).

"Oral appliance in a blockchain system" was invented by Peter John Zegarelli (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing counterfeit medicaments or reducing medicament abuse is provided, the method comprising making an oral appliance for delivering a medicament to teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside an oral cavity, the oral appliance comprising an interior surface having a medicament disposed in or on at least a portion of and/or all of the interior surface of the oral appliance, the interior surface being formed to fit c...