ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,578, issued on July 15, was assigned to APPCO PHARMA LLC (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Ibuprofen and famotidine tablet" was invented by Peddanna Gumudavelli (Piscataway, N.J.), Kishore Kumar Konda (Quthbullapur Mandal, India), Srinivasa R. Paruchuri (Piscataway, N.J.), M. V. K. Satish (Quthbullapur Mandal, India) and Y. V. Raghava Chowdary (Quthbullapur Mandal, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a solid, pharmaceutical composition in compressed tablet form. The tablet comprises an ibuprofen core tablet, a pair of protective barriers and a famotidine outermost coating. The ibuprofen core tablet comprises ibuprofen an...