ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,127, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to XIAMEN LP PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).

"Transmucosal film for treating insomnia" was invented by Rongbin Ling (Xiamen, China), Liyuan Chen (Xiamen, China), Zhoue Gao (Xiamen, China), Avinash Singh (Xiamen, China) and Haijian Zhu (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an oral transmucosal film for delivering four active ingredients of melatonin, GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), vitamin B5, and vitamin B6 through the sublingual mucosa. The film is a tri-layer structure containing amorphous active ingredients, one or more solubilizers, one or more...