ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,264, issued on Dec. 30.

"Capsule orientation and loading sheet for manual capsule filling machines" was invented by Phillip J Case (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to a capsule placement system. The system comprises a capsule sheet (102, 202) configured to accommodate a plurality of capsule elements (106, 206), wherein the capsule sheet (102, 202) comprises a plurality of apertures (104, 204) arranged in a grid pattern, each of the plurality of apertures (104, 204) configured to securely hold and position a corresponding capsule element (106, 206) of the plurality of capsule elements (...