ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,748, issued on July 15, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Microdosing" was invented by Michael Adler (Basel, Switzerland), Joerg Luemkemann (Basel, Switzerland), Hanns-Christian Mahler (Basel, Switzerland), Denis Luthringer (Basel, Switzerland), Alexander Meyer (Basel, Switzerland), Adeline Boillon (Basel, Switzerland), Anke Dorn (Basel, Switzerland), Karoline Bechthold-Peters (Basel, Switzerland), Tim Dreckmann (Basel, Switzerland) and Andreas Ernst (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dosing system for transferring an aseptic fluid in dosages into a container, comprising a peristaltic pump...