US Patent Issued to Roquette Freres on Dec. 23 for "Use of octenyl-succinate starches as a binder in wet granulation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,359, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Roquette Freres (Lestrem, France).

"Use of octenyl-succinate starches as a binder in wet granulation" was invented by Philippe Lefevre (Haverskerque, France), Olaf Haeusler (Fletre, France), Nicolas Descamps (Sainghin-en-Melantois, France) and Gregory Le Bihan (Annezin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of octenyl succinate starch, in particular sodium octenyl succinate starch as a binder in wet granulation, in particular for pharmaceutical solid dosage form and the granule obtainable by the method thereof."

The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2020, und...