ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,257, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG (Andernach, Germany).

"Method for producing active agent administering systems by means of pad printing processes" was invented by Thomas Hille (Neuwied, Germany), Petra Botzem (Andernach, Germany) and Albert Wionzek (Ruscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pad printing method for producing an administration form for a pharmaceutical active agent, wherein the method comprises providing a substrate of the administration form and transferring the active agent by means of a pad from a cliche onto the substrate, wherein the...