ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,321, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GELITA AG (Eberbach, Germany).

"Casting compound and process for the production of gelatin products" was invented by Eberhard Dick (Neckargemund, Germany), Sonja Gottling (Heppenheim, Germany), Anna Leitheim (Mosbach, Germany), Alexander Raab (Neckarsteinach, Germany) and Holger Brack (Rummelsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casting compound for the production of gelatin products comprises a homogenous aqueous solution having: 4% to 16% by weight of gelatin having a molecular weight determined by gel chromatography of at least 130 kDa, where the proportion of the gelatin having ...