ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,608, issued on March 24, was assigned to NORTIVA BIO INC. (Lexington, Mass.).

"Coatings for gastric residence dosage forms" was invented by Rosemary Kanasty (Cambridge, Mass.), Tyler Grant (Arlington, Mass.), Erick Peeke (Cambridge, Mass.), Nupura Bhise (Watertown, Mass.), David Altreuter (Watertown, Mass.), Sonia Holar (Watertown, Mass.) and Marlene Schwarz (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are enrobed gastric residence dosage forms comprising: a gastric residence system in a folded configuration; and a coating enrobing the gastric residence system in the folded configuration, wherein the enrobed gastric res...