Patents by Inventor Frank C. Barker

Frank C. Barker 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).

  • Method and packaging for pressurized containers
    Patent number: 7025205
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the enclosed volume of a sealed package at about ambient pressure, wherein the package contains a pressurized container comprising a drug, and an HFA (hydrofluoroalkane) propellant selected from the group consisting of HFA 134a and HFA p227, or a mixture thereof; wherein the method comprises the steps of (1) positioning an effective amount of a HFA adsorbent material, and said pressurized container, within a sealable package; (2) sealing the package so that the pressurized container and adsorbent are in an enclosed volume within the package at a pressure equal to about ambient pressure; and (3) adsorbing any leakage of the HFA propellant into the HFA adsorbent material so as to maintain the enclosed volume at about ambient pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma Limited
    Inventor: Frank C. Barker
  • Method and packaging for pressurized containers
    Publication number: 20040168950
    Abstract: A method for maintaining the enclosed volume of a sealed package at about ambient pressure, wherein the package contains a pressurized container comprising a drug, and an HFA (hydrofluoroalkane) propellant selected from the group consisting of HFA 134a and HFA p227, or a mixture thereof; wherein the method comprises the steps of (1) positioning an effective amount of a HFA adsorbent material, and said pressurized container, within a sealable package; (2) sealing the package so that the pressurized container and adsorbent are in an enclosed volume within the package at a pressure equal to about ambient pressure; and (3) adsorbing any leakage of the HFA propellant into the HFA adsorbent material so as to maintain the enclosed volume at about ambient pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Frank C. Barker