US Patent Issued to Sensient Colors on July 28 for "Enteric coating composition and method of making and using the same" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,075, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sensient Colors LLC (St. Louis).

"Enteric coating composition and method of making and using the same" was invented by Steven Luedecke (St. Louis) and Houston Smith (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dosage form coating composition is disclosed. The composition includes an alginate, a pectin, a plasticizer, and optionally an emulsifying agent. The alginate is present in an amount by weight of at least 40.0% and at most 80.0% and the pectin is present in an amount by weight of at least 16.0% and at most 40.0%-and/or-the alginate and the pectin are present in a weight ratio of at least 1...