ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,293, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FUJI YAKUHIN Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Solid pharmaceutical preparation" was invented by Tadashi Inoue (Saitama, Japan) and Takashi Kodama (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a solid pharmaceutical preparation of excellent stability and producibility, the preparation including, as an active ingredient, 3-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,1-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazole. This solid pharmaceutical preparation contains 3-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,1-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt...