Patents by Inventor Dale E. Sharp

Dale E. Sharp 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).

  • Acyl opioid antagonists
    Publication number: 20040033253
    Abstract: This invention relates to a tamper-resistant transdermal-delivery device comprising an opioid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an acyl opioid antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The transdermal-delivery device allows an analgesically effective amount of the opioid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to be transdermally administered to a patient. The invention further relates to methods for treating or preventing pain in a patient comprising contacting the skin of a patient in need thereof with the transdermal-delivery device of the invention for an amount of time sufficient to treat or prevent pain. The invention further relates to acyl opioid antagonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Ihor Shevchuk, James P. Cassidy, Bruce Reidenberg, Dale E. Sharp, Robert J. Kupper