Patents by Inventor Jonathan Kenneth Embleton

Jonathan Kenneth Embleton 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 for treating ophthalmic disease through fast dispersing dosage forms
    Patent number: 6297240
    Abstract: This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration comprising a carrier and, as active ingredient, an ophthalmologically active compound, characterized in that the composition is formulated to promote pre-gastric absorption of the ophthalmologically active compound. A process for preparing such compositions and the use of such compositions for the treatment of ophthalmic diseases, particularly diseases caused by elevated intro-ocular pressure, such as ocular hypertension and glaucoma, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: R.P. Scherer Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Kenneth Embleton
  • Delivery systems for hydrophobic drugs
    Patent number: 5645856
    Abstract: There is provided a carrier for hydrophobic drugs, and pharmaceutical compositions based thereon, which carrier comprises a digestible oil and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant component for dispersing the oil in vivo upon administration of the carrier, which comprises a hydrophilic surfactant, said surfactant component being such as not to substantially inhibit the in vivo lipolysis of the digestible oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: R. P. Scherer Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Ernest Lacy, Jonathan Kenneth Embleton