US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on May 20 for "Moisture protection features for a bottle for storing solid pharmaceutical products and methods of making same" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,460, issued on May 20, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Moisture protection features for a bottle for storing solid pharmaceutical products and methods of making same" was invented by Wail A. Rasheed (Union, N.J.), Cassie R. Megna (Jersey City, N.J.), Ophelia L. Wells (Pottstown, Pa.) and John B. Cline (Monroe, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle for storing solid pharmaceutical products includes a substantially cylindrical body having a sidewall, a top and a base defining an interior chamber, a first opening disposed on the top of the body, the first opening providing communication to the interior ch...