ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,461, issued on May 20, was assigned to INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS INC. (Auburn, Ala.).
"Pharmaceutical container with pH protective layer deposited by atomic layer deposition" was invented by Robert Abrams (New York City, N.Y.), Alexander Klibanov (Del Mar, Calif.), Robert Langer (Newton, Mass.) and Glenn Fredrickson (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a pharmaceutical container comprising a lumen defined in part by a wall, the wall having an interior surface facing the lumen, an outer surface, and a coating set on the interior surface comprising a pH protective layer, wherein the pH protective laye...