Patents by Inventor Glenn E. Fritz

Glenn E. Fritz 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).

  • PHENYLEPHRINE PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR COLONIC ABOSORPTION
    Publication number: 20150290147
    Abstract: The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising phenylephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an erodible layer which is for oral administration wherein the composition delivers phenylephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof via absorption in the colon. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a core comprising phenylephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an erodible layer which is in a time-dependent, pH-dependent, or colon-specific enzyme-dependent erodible layer that degrades to expose the core to release phenylephrine in the colon. In one preferred embodiment, the erodible layer encases the core. The composition optionally further comprises phenylephrine in the erodible layer or other additional layer(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
    Inventors: David Monteith, John O'Mullane, Robert T. Nowak, Jiansheng Wan, Mohammed A. Kabir, Joseph P. Reo, Malaz A. Abutarif, Glenn E. Fritz
  • Phenylephrine pharmaceutical formulations and compositions for colonic absorption
    Patent number: 8956662
    Abstract: The invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising phenylephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an erodible layer which is for oral administration wherein the composition delivers phenylephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof via absorption in the colon. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a core comprising phenylephrine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an erodible layer which is in a time-dependent, pH-dependent, or colon-specific enzyme-dependent erodible layer that degrades to expose the core to release phenylephrine in the colon. In one preferred embodiment, the erodible layer encases the core. The composition optionally further comprises phenylephrine in the erodible layer or other additional layer(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
    Inventors: David Monteith, John O'Mullane, Joseph P. Reo, Robert T. Nowak, Jiansheng Wan, Mohammed A. Kabir, Malaz A. Abutarif, Glenn E. Fritz
  • COATINGS FOR APPLYING SUBSTANCES ONTO SUBSTRATE CARRIER
    Publication number: 20080299186
    Abstract: Compositions of matter containing an active agent, and methods of manufacturing thereof, wherein the method comprises the step of coating a substrate with a coating composition comprising the active agent formulated for immediate release, wherein the coating composition does not contain an appreciable amount of cellulosic materials and preferably comprises polyvinyl alcohol or a polyvinyl alcohol derived copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn E. Fritz, Joseph P. Reo, Mohammed A. Kabir