US Patent Issued to TOWA PHARMACEUTICAL on July 28 for "Coated solid preparation" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,073, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOWA PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Coated solid preparation" was invented by Yutaka Okuda (Kadoma, Japan), Isamu Saeki (Kadoma, Japan), Tatsuya Honjo (Kadoma, Japan) and Kayo Yuminoki (Kadoma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical solid preparation containing at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the surface of the solid preparation is coated with a light shielding agent or a metal oxide, and a process for producing a solid preparation containing at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, comprising a step of co...