ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,311, issued on July 29, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont de Claix, France).

"Method for reducing an amount of subvisible particles in a pharmaceutical composition" was invented by Tzvetelina Chevolleau (Saint Egreve, France), Benoit Fremon (Saint Martin d'Uriage, France), Jean-Bernard Hamel (Saint Cassien, France) and Sebastien Jouffray (Saint Martin d'Uriage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for reducing an amount of sub visible particles in a pharmaceutical composition contained in a medical injection device comprising a container (1) including a barrel (10) lubricated with a l...