Patents Represented by Attorney Karen G. Horowitz
  • Patent number: 8024911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for blister packing products (9), comprising the step of packaging said products (9) in a blister web (1) or a blister sheet (2) and storing said blister web or blister sheet intermediately (12). Following said intermediate storing (12) several blister packs (4) are formed from said blister web (1) or blister sheet (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil AB
    Inventors: Lennart Hultberg, Jan-Olof Olsson
  • Patent number: 7946447
    Abstract: The invention features a method of selling dosage forms without a prescription. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the dosage forms are sold in a container displayed on a retail shelf without outer secondary packaging. The container preferably is made of a material through which the dosage forms are visible. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the container has at least one substantially flat side wall and is laid on a retail display shelf on its substantially flat side wall. The container may be formed to have only one plane of symmetry. At least one of the side walls of the container may be formed to facilitate gripping of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Peter Sterling, Erik Joseph Moses, Peter Michaelian, Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Roger Rinker, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., John Spano
  • Patent number: 7942279
    Abstract: The invention provides a device and method for packaging and merchandising personal healthcare products. A first aspect of the invention provides a device for storing health care products, comprising: a plurality of product containers, each product container including: a body; a dispensing portion; and an attachment feature; and a housing including a mating feature adapted to be compatible with the attachment feature of each of the plurality of product containers, wherein connection of the attachment feature of a product container and the mating feature of the housing substantially and non-fixedly secures the product container to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: McNeill-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Grant, Erin Melcher Beam, William Doskoczynski, Ronald Jaketic, Opher Yom-Tov, Emily Ma, Anthony Pigliacampo, Hans-Christoph Haenlein, Alan Regala, Christine McElhaney, Arvind Gupta, Stephen Kim, Shilajeet Banerjee, Stephen Wahl, Larry Cheng, Prateek Lal
  • Patent number: 7866475
    Abstract: A child-resistant multi-step tear-access blister package having at least one product well containing a product. The product is accessed by tearing the blister package from a peripheral edge toward the product well. A step in addition to tearing is required to access the product, thereby elevating the cognitive skill necessary to access the product above those of a typical small child. In the disclosed exemplary embodiment, the additional step involves weakening a tear-resistant channel blocking a tear path from the peripheral edge of the package to the product well. More particularly, initial tearing of the package toward the product well is interfered with by the presence of the tear-resistant channel interrupting the tear path. The tear-resistant channel may be bent or snapped to permit tearing therethrough and to permit continued tearing of the blister package toward the product well to access the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: William Doskoczynski, Steven Ginsberg, Barry G. Seelig, Anne Carls, Karel Golta
  • Patent number: 7857137
    Abstract: A portable wound care kit sized, shaped, and configured to carry only articles necessary for wound care treatment. In one embodiment, the wound care kit contains only a container of wound treatment medicament and two or more wound coverings. However, the wound care kit may also be configured to carry wound cleansing wipes or wound wash. The wound care kit is configured to permit ready and easy access to the wound care treatment articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: J&J Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Law, Kevin Hess
  • Patent number: 7850050
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and device for dispensing a quantity of liquid from a vessel. In one embodiment, an apparatus according to the invention comprises: a base portion adapted for insertion into an opening of a vessel, the base portion having a well extending into the base portion such that at least a portion of the well resides at within a body of the vessel when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening; and a hollow spout portion extending from the well of the base portion away from the vessel opening when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening, the spout portion having at least one opening such that a liquid within the body of the vessel may pass through the hollow spout, through the at least one opening, and into the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis L. Brown
  • Patent number: D623413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Steve Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Robert W. Fusi, II, Josef Knutzen, Justin McDonough, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Logan Ray, Lori Dee Kumar
  • Patent number: D627239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bontorno, Neil Sadler, Tyson Thorne
  • Patent number: D628469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: McNeil AB
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Taylor, Dennis Broberg
  • Patent number: D631537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil A. Sadler, Jeffrey S. Silva
  • Patent number: D633303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventors: Steve Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Robert W. Fusi, II, Josef Knutzen, Justin McDonough
  • Patent number: D633304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventors: Steve Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Robert W. Fusi, II, Josef Knutzen, Justin McDonough
  • Patent number: D633720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventors: Steve Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Robert W. Fusi, II, Josef Knutzen, Justin McDonough
  • Patent number: D636185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Logan Ray
  • Patent number: D638699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil AB
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Taylor, Dennis Broberg
  • Patent number: D643295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil A. Sadler, Elysha S. Huntington, Sabu C. Mathew, Richard K. Tanaka, Salvatore Anello, Brian F. Russell
  • Patent number: D644040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Trumbauer, Diego Macchi, Steven Agalopoulos
  • Patent number: D645252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Barbara Lemli, Justin McDonough, Robert W. Fusi, II, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Logan Ray
  • Patent number: D645752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: J&J Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Todd True, David Hu
  • Patent number: D646162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-AB
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Taylor, Dennis Broberg