Patents Assigned to BPSI Holdings, Inc.
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Publication number: 20110123696Abstract: Non-pigmented, water-based inks are disclosed which are compatible with industrial piezojet printheads and which can be used to form high resolution images on edible substrates, including sugar shell confectionery polished with a hydrophobic wax polish. The ink comprises a hydrolyzable polysaccharide adhesive agent, such as tapioca dextrin or gum arabic, which enhances the compatibility of the ink for hydrophobic surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicants: Mars Incorporated, BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Arun V. Shastry, Pamela K. Gesford, Diane C. Kunkle
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Patent number: 7906167Abstract: Non-pigmented, water-based inks are disclosed which are compatible with industrial piezojet printheads and which can be used to form high resolution images on edible substrates, including sugar shell confectionery polished with a hydrophobic wax polish. The ink comprises a hydrolyzable polysaccharide adhesive agent, such as tapioca dextrin or gum arabic, which enhances the compatibility of the ink for hydrophobic surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignees: Mars Incorporated, BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Arun V. Shastry, Pamela K. Gesford, Diane C. Kunkle
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Patent number: 7827911Abstract: Method for printing on a pharmaceutical tablet by etching a printing plate to form a pattern of etchings therein within an area corresponding to an outline of the tablet, varying the ink-retaining volumes of the etchings in a pre-determined manner and in a direction across the etching pattern from one side to an opposite side, placing ink into the etchings, and transferring ink from the etchings in the etched printing plate onto an outer surface of the tablet. Variations in the ink-retaining volumes of the etchings cause a larger amount of ink to be transferred from etchings having a larger ink-retaining volume than from etchings having a smaller ink-retaining volume during the ink transfer stage. This causes different changes in the color of the outer surface of the tablet dependent on the amount of ink being transferred.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Frederick R. Kettinger, Steven L. Yoder, Joseph D. Drost
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Patent number: 7709025Abstract: Enteric film coating systems for orally ingestible substrates such as pharmaceutical tablets and dietary supplements are disclosed. In preferred aspects, the enteric film coatings include an ethylcellulose dispersion and a substantially gastro-insoluble pore former such as sodium alginate.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Fegely, Simon Tasker, Lawrence Martin
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Publication number: 20070062385Abstract: Method for printing on a pharmaceutical tablet by etching a printing plate to form a pattern of etchings therein within an area corresponding to an outline of the tablet, varying the ink-retaining volumes of the etchings in a pre-determined manner and in a direction across the etching pattern from one side to an opposite side, placing ink into the etchings, and transferring ink from the etchings in the etched printing plate onto an outer surface of the tablet. Variations in the ink-retaining volumes of the etchings cause a larger amount of ink to be transferred from etchings having a larger ink-retaining volume than from etchings having a smaller ink-retaining volume during the ink transfer stage. This causes different changes in the color of the outer surface of the tablet dependent on the amount of ink being transferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: BPSI HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Frederick Kettinger, Steven Yoder, Joseph Drost
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Patent number: 7186293Abstract: Agglomerated starch compositions containing native starch and pre-compacted starch powder is disclosed. The agglomerated starch compositions have superior flow and less pH sensitivity than simple blends of the two components at equivalent ratios.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Charles R. Cunningham
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Patent number: 6902609Abstract: The present invention is directed to film coating systems for use on oral dosage forms such as compressed tablets and orally-ingestible substrates which have improved pearlescent qualities. The film coating systems can be applied either directly to a substrate or after the substrate has been coated with a subcoat. In preferred aspects, the pearlescent film coating is prepared as a dry powder mixture containing a cellulosic polymer, a detackifier, a gloss enhancer, and a pearlescent pigment. Film coating compositions containing an aqueous suspension of the powder mixtures, methods of applying the coatings to substrates and the coated substrates are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Rita M. Steffenino, Franklin J. Gulian, Irvin M. Lash, Thomas P. Farrell, Charles D. Fields
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Publication number: 20040175463Abstract: Non-pigmented, water-based inks are disclosed which are compatible with industrial piezojet printheads and which can be used to form high resolution images on edible substrates, including sugar shell confectionery polished with a hydrophobic wax polish. The ink comprises a hydrolyzable polysaccharide adhesive agent, such as tapioca dextrin or gum arabic, which enhances the compatibility of the ink for hydrophobic surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicants: Mars, Inc., BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Arun V. Shastry, Pamela K. Gesford, Diane C. Kunkle
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Patent number: 6495163Abstract: A dry moisture barrier film coating composition for forming a moisture barrier film coating for pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprises polyvinyl alcohol, soya lecithin, and optionally a flow aid, a colorant, and/or a suspending agent. A liquid coating solution or dispersion for forming a moisture barrier film coating for pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprises polyvinyl alcohol, soya lecithin, water, and optionally a flow aid, a colorant, and/or a suspending agent. A method of coating pharmaceutical tablets and the like with a moisture barrier film coating comprises forming a liquid coating solution or dispersion for forming a moisture barrier film coating for pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprising polyvinyl alcohol, soya lecithin, water, and optionally a flow aid, a colorant, and/or a suspending agent, applying the coating solution or dispersion onto the tablets to form a film coating on the tablets, and drying the film coating on the tablets.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1998Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Martin Philip Jordan
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Patent number: 6468561Abstract: Providing a film coating on solid forms such as pharmaceutical tablets, foods, confectionery forms, seeds for agriculture, and the like by coating them with polydextrose, or a combination of polydextrose and another polymer, or a layer of polydextrose overcoated by a layer of another polymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1997Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Susan M. Grillo, Rita M. Steffenino, Stuart C. Porter, Edward J. Woznicki, David K. Isganitis
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Patent number: 6448323Abstract: A dry film coating composition for use in coating pharmaceutical tablets, nutritional supplements, food, confectionery forms, agricultural seeds, and the like, comprises polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer such as polyethylene glycol or glycerin, talc, and preferably a pigment/opacifier and lecithin. A method of coating substrates such as pharmaceutical tablets, nutritional supplements, food, confectionery forms, agricultural seeds, and the like, with a film coating, comprises the steps of mixing polyvinyl alcohol, a plasticizer such as polyethylene glycol or glycerin, talc, and preferably a pigment/opacifier and lecithin into water to form an aqueous coating dispersion, applying an effective amount of said coating dispersion onto said substrates to form a film coating on said substrates, and drying the film coating on said substrates.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1999Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Martin Philip Jordan, James Taylor
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Patent number: 6420473Abstract: A non-toxic, edible, enteric film coating, dry powder composition for use in making an aqueous enteric suspension which may be used in coating pharmaceutical tablets comprises a) an acrylic resin, said resin comprising i) from 20 to 85 percent by weight of at least one alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate moiety, ii) from 80 to 15 percent by weight of at least one vinyl or vinylidene moiety having a carboxylic acid group capable of salt formation, and iii) from 0 to 30 percent by weight of at least one other vinyl or vinylidene moiety copolymerizable with i) and ii), b) an alkalizing agent capable of reacting with the acrylic resin such that, after reaction, 0.1 to 10 mole percent of the acidic groups in 1a-ii) are present in the salt form, and c) a detackifier.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ramireddy Chittamuru, George Reyes, Thomas P. Farrell, Charles F. Vesey, Dev K. Mehra, Hans-Ulrich Petereit, Klaus Lehmann
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Patent number: 6348090Abstract: A dry film coating composition for forming a coating suspension for film coating nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical tablets, and the like, including tapica dextrin and a detackifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2000Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Susan M. Grillo, Brian Korchok, Bruce Kinsey, Stuart C. Porter, George Reyes, Thomas J. Burke, Charles Cunningham
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Patent number: 6274162Abstract: A dry film coating composition for forming a coating suspension for film coating pharmaceuticals, food, confectionery forms, agricultural seeds, and the like, comprises (1) a primary film former, the primary film former comprising low bloom strength gelatin, or hydroxyethyl cellulose, or a combination thereof, and (2) a secondary film former, or a plasticizer, or a surfactant, or a glidant, or a suspension aid, or a colorant, or a flavorant, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Rita M. Steffenino, Charles F. Vesey, Kurt A. Fegely, Brian D. Korchok, Stuart C. Porter
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Patent number: 6267808Abstract: A dry film coating composition used to make a bright white film coating for nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical tablets, and the like, comprises dextrose, an auxiliary film-former, and titanium dioxide. Optionally, but advantageously, the coating composition also ay include one or more of the following components: a plasticizer, a surfactant, a flow aid, and a preservative.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Susan M. Grillo, Brian Korchok, Bruce Kinsey, Melanie Hartman, Stuart C. Porter, Rita Steffenino, George Reyes, Thomas J. Burke
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Patent number: 6248391Abstract: A dry film coating composition used to make a bright white film coating for nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical tablets, and the like, comprises dextrose, an auxiliary film-former, and titanium dioxide. Optionally, but advantageously, the coating composition also may include one or more of the following components: a plasticizer, a surfactant, a flow aid, and a preservative.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1997Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Susan M. Grillo, Brian Korchok, Bruce Kinsey, Melanie Hartman, Stuart C. Porter, Rita Steffenino, George Reyes, Thomas J. Burke
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Patent number: 6183808Abstract: A dry film coating composition for forming a coating suspension for film coating nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical tablets, and the like, comprising a dextrin and a detackifier.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Susan M. Grillo, Brian Korchok, Bruce Kinsey, Stuart C. Porter, George Reyes, Thomas J. Burke, Charles Cunningham
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Patent number: 6039976Abstract: A non-toxic edible enteric film coating dry powder composition for use in making an aqueous enteric coating suspension which may be used in coating pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprises an enteric film forming polymer, a detackifier, a viscosity modifier, and an alkalizing/anti-coagulating agent. Advantageously, the inventive dry powder compositions may include a solid plasticizer, a lubricant, an anti-caking agent, a liquid plasticizer, and a pigment.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Dev K. Mehra, Chittamuru Ramireddy, Li-Juan Tang, Stuart C. Porter
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Patent number: 6013282Abstract: A non-toxic edible enteric film coating dry powder composition for use in making an aqueous enteric coating suspension which may be used in coating pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprises an enteric film forming polymer, a detackifier, a viscosity modifier, and an alkalizing/anti-coagulating agent. Advantageously, the inventive dry powder compositions may include a solid plasticizer, a lubricant, an anti-caking agent, a liquid plasticizer, and a pigment.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Bpsi Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Dev K. Mehra, Chittamuru Ramireddy, Li-Juan Tang, Stuart C. Porter
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Patent number: 5885617Abstract: A dry moisture barrier film coating composition for forming a moisture barrier film coating for pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprises polyvinyl alcohol, soya lecithin, and optionally a flow aid, a colorant, and/or a suspending agent. A liquid coating solution or dispersion for forming a moisture barrier film coating for pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprises polyvinyl alcohol, soya lecithin, water, and optionally a flow aid, a colorant, and/or a suspending agent. A method of coating pharmaceutical tablets and the like with a moisture barrier film coating comprises forming a liquid coating solution or dispersion for forming a moisture barrier film coating for pharmaceutical tablets and the like comprising polyvinyl alcohol, soya lecithin, water, and optionally a flow aid, a colorant, and/or a suspending agent, applying the coating solution or dispersion onto the tablets to form a film coating on the tablets, and drying the film coating on the tablets.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: BPSI Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Martin Philip Jordan