ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,416, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to USPHARMA LTD (Miami Lakes, Fla.).

"Chewable pharmaceutical dosage forms" was invented by Manesh A Dixit (Miami Lakes, Fla.), Rahul Botkar (Maharashtra, India) and Partha S Sen (Valsad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present invention concerns compositions and methods of manufacturing translucent chewable gels that are pharmaceutically suitable for oral administration. The chewable gels includes an active pharmaceutical ingredient and a complexing agent. The active pharmaceutical ingredient has a bitter taste. The active pharmaceutical ingredient and the complexing agent ...