Patents by Inventor J. Abraham Espiritu

J. Abraham Espiritu 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).

  • Publication number: 20060251717
    Abstract: This invention relates to an oral dosage form containing between 1 mg and 100 mg of memantine, wherein said dosage form does not contain 10 mg of memantine or 20 mg of memantine, and wherein said dosage form is not prepared by the patient or a person administering the drug to the patient who divides the dosage form containing a larger dose of memantine. Other aspects of this invention relate to pharmaceutical products comprising said dosage forms and methods of administering memantine and treating disease with said dosage form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Firestone, J. Vander Zanden, Rodney Terwilliger, Janet Cheetham, Richard Kurjan, Teresa Kuan, Chin-Ming Chang, J. Abraham Espiritu
  • Patent number: 5338480
    Abstract: Compositions and methods to clean contact lenses are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present composition comprises at least at least one enzyme capable of removing debris from a contact lens and at least one disinfectant destroying component capable of destroying a contact lens disinfectant which is incompatible with the at least one enzyme. The composition is structured so that the at least one enzyme is released in a liquid medium containing the contact lens disinfectant at substantially the same time or after the at least one disinfectant destroying component is released in the liquid medium, thereby allowing the at least one enzyme to remove debris from a contact lens in the liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Allegan, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Dziabo, Hampar Karageozian, Paul S. Ripley, Sam W. Lam, J. Abraham Espiritu