MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517093465 A) filed by Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on Sept. 29, for 'cellulose powder and molded body.'
Inventor(s) include Tamari Kaede; Tsuru Kyosuke; Yoshida Ayumi; Maeda Kazuki; and Honda Yosuke.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides: a cellulose powder which exhibits less variability in mass and has excellent hardness and friability while maintaining fine disintegratability, and from which a more small-sized molded body can be obtained without changing amounts of active ingredients of drugs and the like; and a molded body using the cellulose powder. The present invention provides: a cellulose powder in which the ratio Y (Cv/D50) of the water absorption rate Cv with respect to the mean particle diameter D50 is 0.12 g2/(s m) or more and the aerated bulk density X is 0.135 g/cm3 or less, or a cellulose powder in which the relationship between the aerated bulk density X and the ratio Y (Cv/D50) of the water absorption rate Cv with respect to the mean particle diameter D50 satisfies formula (1-1) [Y=1.5 X-0.06]; and a molded body including one or more active ingredients and either one of said cellulose powders."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/013018.
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