ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,325, issued on June 23, was assigned to KIRIN HOLDINGS K.K. (Tokyo).
"Film coated tablet" was invented by Yasuhiro Suzuki (Tokyo), Toshiki Yamaoka (Tokyo) and Yohei Yamazoe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a film coated tablet that has an excellent tablet slipperiness in an oral cavity and prevents delay in disintegration time of an uncoated tablet. The present invention provides a film coated tablet including a tablet, a first film layer that coats the tablet and contains an inorganic salt, and a second film layer that coats the tablet coated with the first film layer and contain...