ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,240, issued on May 5, was assigned to FUJI CAPSULE Co. LTD. (Shizuoka, Japan).

"Double-layer seamless capsule containing water-soluble composition" was invented by Shoji Tachikawa (Shizuoka, Japan), Miku Sasaki (Shizuoka, Japan), Sergio Ishiba (Shizuoka, Japan), Tsubasa Mochizuki (Shizuoka, Japan) and Taisuke Sano (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention addresses the problem of providing a double-layer seamless soft capsule having a water-soluble composition as its fill, and by preparing a capsule shell from an ultraviolet-curing resin composition, a double-layer seamless capsule is made which consists of ...