ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,087, issued on Feb. 4.

"Thermostable quick-dissolving thin film" was invented by Christophe Debacq (Rixensart, Belgium), Phillip Lovalenti (San Jose, Calif.), Van Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.), Laurence Plapied (Rixensart, Belgium), Laurent Strodiot (Rixensart, Belgium) and Austin Wuerfel (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to thermostable quick-dissolving thin films comprising a biological moiety and an excipient mix which are suitable for the formulation of biological moieties such as viral vaccines, to methods for manufacturing such thermostable quick-dissolving thin films, and to their use in...