ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,877, issued on March 4, was assigned to R.P. Scherer Technologies LLC (Carson City, Nev.).

"Analytical method" was invented by William Derek Bush (Belleair, Fla.), Ryan Scott Cormier (Palm Harbor, Fla.) and Karunakar Sukuru (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and kits for determining the total amount of a coating polymer in a dosage form. The coating polymer may be a polydisperse polymer having a plurality of molecular weights. The instant disclosure enables to accurately, reliably, and efficiently determine the total amount of a polydisperse polymer in a dosage form that includ...