ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,049, issued on May 13, was assigned to Kenvue Brands LLC (Summit, N.J.).
"Immediate release dosage form" was invented by Jitendra Krishan Somani (Waterloo, Canada) and Murali K. Vuppala (Collegeville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved immediate release solid dosage form of naproxen with a certain particle size distribution for the intragranular portion, and a certain particle size distribution for the carbonate portion that allows naproxen to remain in solution and achieves fast dissolution and fast absorption of naproxen. The invention provides a naproxen dosage form that when administered to a human in a fasted state p...