US Patent Issued to SIRIO PHARMA on June 23 for "Film-forming composition containing gellan gum and starch, and application in soft capsule" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,406, issued on June 23, was assigned to SIRIO PHARMA Co. LTD. (Shantou, China).

"Film-forming composition containing gellan gum and starch, and application in soft capsule" was invented by Xufa Li (Shantou, China), Qiong Chen (Shantou, China), Suqiong Fang (Shantou, China) and Xuteng Yang (Shantou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a starch film-forming composition, comprising: A, a first gelling agent; B, starch; C, a plasticizer; D, water; wherein the first gelling agent is a gellan gum with two gel temperatures, wherein the first gel temperature is 51 to 75deg C. and the second gel temperature is 40deg C. to 50deg C...