US Patent Issued to R.P. Scherer Technologies on Aug. 4 for "Delayed release softgel capsules" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,305, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to R.P. Scherer Technologies LLC (Carson City, Nev.).

"Delayed release softgel capsules" was invented by Qi Fang (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and Karunakar Sukuru (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delayed release softgel capsules comprise a fill material and a pH dependent shell composition, characterized in that the delayed release nature of the capsules may be achieved without a pH dependent coating or added conventional pH dependent polymers. The delayed release softgel capsules described herein are particularly suitable for initiating release of the active agent in a target location...