ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,409, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Perfetti Van Melle S.P.A. (Lainate, Italy).

"Process for manufacturing a compressed product" was invented by Guven Marangoz (KT Sittard, Netherlands), Joaquin Antonio Lizano Iglesias (KT Sittard, Netherlands) and Alessandro Bottini (Lainate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process is disclosed for the manufacture of a compressed product consisting of a multilayer tablet formed in a single compression operation."

The patent was filed on May 25, 2021, under Application No. 17/999,925.

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