US Patent Issued to University of Lancashire on Aug. 25 for "Solid dosage form production" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,675, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to University of Lancashire (Lancashire, Great Britain).

"Solid dosage form production" was invented by Mohamed Albed Alhnan (Lancashire, Great Britain) and Tochukwu Chijioke Okwuosa (Lancashire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure utilises 3D printing technology, particularly fused filament fabrication, FFF, 3D printing, in conjunction with solid and/or liquid dispensers to produce solid dosage forms, such as pharmaceutical capsules. Such solid dosage forms have a shell, which is 3D printed, and a core, which is dispensed."

The patent was filed on June 16, 2023, u...