Patents by Inventor Hiroshi INAKA

Hiroshi INAKA 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 apparatus for manufacturing nucleated tablets
    Patent number: 9707729
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for manufacturing nucleated tablets in each of which a nucleus is positioned in a precise manner. In the tablet manufacturing machine (1), granules are charged in a mortar and then compressed by pestles while the mortar and the pestles travel along a cyclic path extending from a point and then back to the point. The path has a substantially straight path portion where the mortar and the pestles travel substantially straightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Inaka
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING NUCLEATED TABLETS (AS AMENDED)
    Publication number: 20160136916
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for manufacturing nucleated tablets in each of which a nucleus is positioned in a precise manner. In the tablet manufacturing machine (1), granules are charged in a mortar and then compressed by pestles while the mortar and the pestles travel along a cyclic path extending from a point and then back to the point. The path has a substantially straight path portion where the mortar and the pestles travel substantially straightly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi INAKA