ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,276, issued on April 15, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Dissolvable-chewable tablet" was invented by Feng Gao (Midlothian, Va.), Diane L. Gee (Chesterfield, Va.), Phillip M. Hulan (Midlothian, Va.), Shuzhong Zhuang (Glen Allen, Va.), William J. Burke (Nashville, Tenn.) and Gerd Kobal (Sandy Hook, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40deg C., and one or more additives dispersed in the solid solution such that at least one additive is released from the...