ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,277, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SUNSHO PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD. (Fuji, Japan).

"Granulation composition formed from core particles, coating particles and a binder" was invented by Shunsuke Sei (Fujinomiya, Japan), Misuzu Mineda (Fujinomiya, Japan), Chikara Morizane (Fujinomiya, Japan) and Wataru Hirasawa (Fujinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a granulation composition that comprises core grains, coating grains and a binder for binding the core grains to each other and also binding the core grains to the coating grains to thereby maintain a granular shape, characterized in that: the coating grains adhere ...