ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,680, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Electronic system and method for determining failure of a second switch in a drug delivery device" was invented by William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh (Balsall Common, Great Britain), Richard Paul Gledhill (Warwick, Great Britain), Anthony Paul Morris (Balsall Common, Great Britain), Robert Frederick Veasey (Warwickshire, Great Britain), Aidan Michael O'Hare (Coventry, Great Britain) and Daniel Paul Jenkins (St. Albens, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic system for a drug delivery device comprising a dose setting and drive mechanism with a first member, wherei...