ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,178, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING (Beijing).

"Preparation for ethinylestradiol-cyclodextrin complex and use thereof" was invented by Juan Xu (Beijing), Lifeng Ning (Beijing) and Bin He (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are preparation for an ethinylestradiol-cyclodextrin complex and use thereof. The ethinylestradiol-cyclodextrin complex utilizes the properties of cyclodextrin that the inner cavity is hydrophobic and the outer surface is hydrophilic to increase the water solubility of the ethinylestradiol-cyclodextrin complex that is also an ethinylestradiol drug,...