ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,735, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Method and electronic device for acquiring delivery information" was invented by Michael Jugl (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Stefan Blancke (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an information acquisition system, an electronic device and to a method of acquiring delivery information of a drug delivery device configured for delivery of a dose of a medicament. The drug delivery device includes a housing and a mechanically implemented post-dispensing indicator. A configuration of the post-dispensing indicator visible from ou...