ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,498, issued on July 22, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"High efficiency pharmaceutical filling line" was invented by Kyle Christopher Hoff (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Ronald Luce Verkleeren (Horseheads, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for improving the efficiency of a pharmaceutical filling line by running the filling line at an increased throughput rate is disclosed. The method involves using glass vials that have been strengthened and coated to reduce the coefficient of friction of the outer surface of the vials with a pharmaceutical filling line set at a rate greater than or equal to 600 vials per minute a...