ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,320, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Method of preparing a solid dosage form and a lubricant" was invented by Ashish Guha (Mumbai, India), Vinay Jain (Mumbai, India), Shraddha Joshi (Thane, India), Theresia Kuntz (Frankfurt, Germany), Christian Mahlmeister (Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Germany) and Jean-Luc Herbeaux (Cascais, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a method of preparing a solid dosage form, comprising the steps of: a. preparing a lubricant consisting of at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid salt; b. adding the lubricant and ingredients for th...