ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,374, issued on March 31, was assigned to Lonza Sales AG (Switzerland).

"Method for making multiparticulates from a liquid feed employing a spinning disc sprayer" was invented by Joshua P. Bough (Cambridge, Great Britain), Jan Bouquet (Bornem, Belgium), Nigel D. Harrison (Cambridge, Great Britain), Cody A. Prather (Bend, Ore.), Gunther Van Goolen (Bornem, Belgium), Stefaan Jaak Vanquickenborne (Bornem, Belgium) and Bart Verwilghen (Bornem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for making multiparticulates, comprising providing a molten feed comprising an active ingredient and an excipient, and providing a spinning disc spr...