US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on Sept. 22 for "Formulation to deter abuse of drugs by smoking" (Indiana, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,944, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Formulation to deter abuse of drugs by smoking" was invented by Luis Solorio (West Lafayette, Ind.), Anastasiia Vasiukhina (West Lafayette, Ind.), Yoon Yeo (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Sheryhan F. Gad (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A formulation to deter abuse of a drug by smoking comprising a physical barrier having properties to entrap the drug and thermal degradation products thereof. The physical barrier is in the form of an additive or a polymer network or a combination thereof."

The patent was filed on April 13, 2023, un...