ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,108, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Shear Kershman Laboratories Inc. (Chesterfield, Mo.).

"Compositions for administering a dose of an active to animals" was invented by Alvin Kershman (St Louis), Jeff Shear (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Doreen Linze (Labadie, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two phase system for administering a dose of an active to an animal having a liquid aqueous phase and a liquid oil phase, wherein the liquid oil phase has a dosage of at least one active, at least one oil and at least one surfactant, and the liquid oil phase has a density less than about 1.0 g/mL. The system is administered in an individu...