Patents by Inventor Jacqueline M. Dee

Jacqueline M. Dee 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).

  • Composition and method for enhancing transport across gastrointestinal tract cell layers
    Patent number: 6423334
    Abstract: A composition for enteral administration having a non-ionic vegetable oil GIT absorption enhancer capable of increasing the enteral absorbability of drugs, especially oral absorbability of hydrophilic and macromolecular drugs. The non-ionic vegetable oil GIT absorption enhancer, particularly Babassu oil or a derivative thereof, is capable of enhancing the uptake of a drug from the gastrointestinal tract so as to allow therapeutically effective amounts of the drug to be transported across the GIT of an animal such as a human without significant toxic side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Elan Corporation, plc
    Inventors: David J. Brayden, Jacqueline M. Dee