ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,540, issued on June 30, was assigned to LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG (Andernach, Germany).

"Rolled oral thin films having a high level of active-ingredient loading" was invented by Markus Muller (Troisdorf, Germany), Christoph Schmitz (Rheinbrohl, Germany) and Michael Linn (Waldbockelheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing a water-erodible, water-soluble or water-dispersible active-ingredient-administering form, in which, firstly, a film suitable as an oral film-administering form is produced which contains the active ingredient and in which a surface of the film is acti...