ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,366, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Housing element and drug delivery device herewith" was invented by James Alexander Senior (Warwick, Great Britain), Harry Robert Lester (Warwick, Great Britain), David Aubrey Plumptre (Warwick, Great Britain), Robert Frederick Veasey (Warwick, Great Britain) and Thomas Khong (Warwick, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure refers to a housing element for a drug delivery device. The housing element comprises longitudinal axis and defines an interior space for receiving components of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device and at least a portion...