US Patent Issued to SCHOTT PHARMA, SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ on July 1 for "Glass syringe barrels with increased cone breaking forces" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,507, issued on July 1, was assigned to SCHOTT PHARMA AG & Co. KGAA (Mainz, Germany) and SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Glass syringe barrels with increased cone breaking forces" was invented by Roman Oberhansli (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Ivo Andreoli (Uzwil, Switzerland), Martha Strassmann (St. Peterzell, Switzerland), Andreas Langsdorf (Ingelheim, Germany) and Peter Thomas (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass syringe barrel is provided that has an at least partially conically shaped upper portion and a longitudinal axis. The glass syringe barrel has a top end through which a liquid can be eje...