US Patent Issued to Quest Products on Dec. 2 for "Adhering lozenge with high amount of sparsely soluble active ingredient" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,089, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Quest Products LLC (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.).

"Adhering lozenge with high amount of sparsely soluble active ingredient" was invented by Jeffrey T. Haley (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral adhering lozenge including a sparsely water-soluble active ingredient is provided. In one aspect, an oral adhering lozenge having at least 5 milliequivalents (mEq) of acid neutralizing capacity is provided. The acid neutralization capacity may be achieved with at least 200 milligrams of a sparsely water-soluble antacid, such as calcium carbonate. To achieve a fast enough speed of dissolu...