ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,145, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAWAI PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Granule, preparation containing the granule, production method of the granule, and production method of preparation containing the granule" was invented by Naoki Yoshihara (Osaka, Japan) and Ryota Kimata (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a granule capable of sufficiently masking bitterness. Alternatively, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a preparation containing a granule capable of sufficiently masking bitterness. According to an embodiment of the presen...