Patents by Inventor Christopher John Althorpe

Christopher John Althorpe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10195373
    Abstract: A dry powder inhaler comprises a shell having upper and lower shell parts, and an inhalation piece, through which a user can inhale medicament. The inhalation piece is coupled to the lower shell part and the upper shell part is moveable between a closed configuration, coupled to the lower shell part and covering the inhalation piece, and an open configuration in which the inhalation piece is exposed. An actuation button is coupled to the lower shell part and biased by a first biasing mechanism acting between the actuation button and the lower shell part towards a projected position projecting from the surface of the lower shell part and moveable to a retracted position. Movement of the actuation button causes medicament to be dispensed for subsequent inhalation through the inhalation piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: INTERQUIM, S.A., LABORATORIOS CINFA, S.A.
    Inventors: Christopher John Althorpe, Jonathan Paul Taylor
  • Publication number: 20160022931
    Abstract: There is disclosed an inhaler, such as a dry powder inhaler, comprising a shell having an upper shell part and a lower shell part, and an inhalation piece, such as a mouthpiece or nosepiece, through which a user can inhale medicament. The inhalation piece is coupled to the lower shell part and the upper shell part is moveable between a closed configuration in which it is coupled to the lower shell part and covers the inhalation piece, and an open configuration in which the inhalation piece is exposed. The inhaler also comprises an actuation button coupled to the lower shell part and biased by a first biasing device acting between the actuation button and the lower shell part towards a projected position in which it projects from the surface of the lower shell part and moveable to a retracted position. In use, movement of the actuation button from the projected position towards the retracted position causes medicament to be dispensed for subsequent inhalation through the inhalation piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicants: LABORATORIOS CINFA, S.A., INTERQUIM, S.A.
    Inventors: Christopher John ALTHORPE, Jonathan Paul TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 7927034
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a spreadable composition to the skin or other exterior region of a human or animal body, comprising receiving means for receiving and carrying a unit or measured dose of the composition and a grip for enabling a user to grip and manipulate the applicator, wherein the grip and receiving means are arranged such that a user gripping the applicator by the grip is protected from inadvertent contact with a composition, a unit or measured dose of which is carried by the receiving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Pharmakodex Limited
    Inventors: John Staniforth, Michael Tobyn, Sharon Ann Mills, Christopher John Althorpe
  • Publication number: 20100296370
    Abstract: A time keeping device comprising (i) time keeping means, (ii) a display means, capable of displaying at least first and second images to differentiate between two different time periods, wherein the first image can alter to indicate the passage of time throughout a user-selected time period, and (iii) control means for causing the display means to display either its first or its second image dependent on the time of day and/or on timing information input by a user, and for causing alteration of the first image with the passage of time during the user-selected time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: GRO-GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Holmes, Christopher John Althorpe
  • Publication number: 20040071494
    Abstract: An applicator for applying a spreadable composition to the skin or other exterior region of a human or animal body, comprising receiving means for receiving and carrying a unit or measured dose of the composition and a grip for enabling a user to grip and manipulate the applicator, wherein the grip and receiving means are arranged such that a user gripping the applicator by the grip is protected from inadvertent contact with a composition, a unit or measured dose of which is carried by the receiving means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: John Staniforth, Michael Tobyn, Sharon Ann Mills, Christopher John Althorpe
  • Patent number: D578031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Gro-Group International Limited
    Inventors: Robert Douglas Holmes, Christopher John Althorpe
  • Patent number: D683844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Laboratories Liconsa, S.A.
    Inventors: Laura Andrade, José Ramón Ruiz, Celestino Ronchi, Maria Maeso, Alessandro Castellucci, Gonzalo Hernández, Thomas Stephen Collings, Christopher John Althorpe, Philip Walsh
  • Patent number: D733288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: INTERQUIM, S.A., LABORATORIOS CINFA, S.A.
    Inventors: Christopher John Althorpe, Jonathan Paul Taylor