ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,557, issued on March 3, was assigned to GEL CAP TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Ferndale, Wash.).
"Dual release dosage form capsule and methods, devices and systems for making same" was invented by John Puckett (Custer, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Capsule forming machines that form a dual dosage capsule have superimposed upper and lower plates that are each rotatable about an axis of rotation. Each of the upper and lower plates define a plurality of voids for receiving a shell body or a capsule member of a capsule that are positioned to define a plurality of stations. A first distribution device is operatively positioned at one of the plu...