Patents by Inventor Charles Bernard Taskis

Charles Bernard Taskis 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).

  • Desiccating container for moisture-sensitive material
    Publication number: 20030010668
    Abstract: The present invention is to a container, particularly for moisture sensitive materials, having a container body of a substantially atmospheric moisture-impermeable material and incorporating a solid element which is made at least in part of a desiccating polymer and which is in contact with the atmosphere inside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Bernard Taskis, Simon Joseph Holland
  • Desiccant-containing stopper
    Patent number: 6247604
    Abstract: A container having a closure comprising a closure wall having a puncturable region in communication with the interior of the vessel, and having on an inwardly facing region of the closure wall a desiccant material separated from the interior of the vessel by a semi-permeable membrane which permits transmission of water vapor therethrough but is substantially impermeable to liquid water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Charles Bernard Taskis, Paul John Whatmore
  • Package
    Patent number: 6050400
    Abstract: A package comprising a vial (1) provided with a puncturable seal (2), or a syringe or syringe barrel, being permeable to water vapor but impermeable to liquid water, enclosed within an outer container which is less permeable to water vapour, the intermediate space between the inner and outer containers containing a desiccent (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham PLC
    Inventors: Charles Bernard Taskis, Paul John Whatmore
  • Desiccating container for moisture-sensitive material
    Patent number: 5947274
    Abstract: The present invention is to a container, particularly for moisture sensitive materials, having a container body of a substantially atmospheric moisture-impermeable material and incorporating a solid element which is made at least in part of a desiccating polymer and which is in contact with the atmosphere inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Charles Bernard Taskis, Simon Joseph Holland, Paul John Whatmore
  • Container for pharmaceutical substances
    Patent number: 5894949
    Abstract: A container having a closure comprising a closure wall having a puncturable region in communication with the interior of the vessel, and having on an inwardly facing region of the closure wall a desiccant material separated from the interior of the vessel by a semi-permeable membrane which permits transmission of water vapor therethrough but is substantially impermeable to liquid water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Charles Bernard Taskis, Paul John Whatmore