Patents by Inventor Kelly E. Caputo

Kelly E. Caputo 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: 20250295593
    Abstract: A dividable tablet with a functional seam for functionally dividing the dividable tablet into substantially equivalent sub-dosage units along the functional seam. The functional seam is configured to subdivide the sub-dosage units into the same mass within a tolerance of about 3% or less, and typically of 1.0% or less. The functional seam is configured reduce the amount of lost material that separates from the divided sub-dosage units after division of the dividable tablet along the functional seam, to less than 3%, and typically less than 1.0%, and more typically less than 0.1% of the mass of the undivided dividable tablet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Lauren E. BEACH-HERRERA, Kelly E. CAPUTO, Jaedeok YOO, Thomas J. BRADBURY
  • Publication number: 20250281441
    Abstract: A rapidly-orodispersible tablet containing a porous, bound powder matrix containing droxidopa. The bound matrix contains an acidulant, particularly citric acid, to delay, reduce, or inhibit the coloration of droxidopa during stress storage conditions, and suppress the effect of glycerin on the coloration of droxidopa-containing tablets. The tablet can be dividable along a functional seam printed into the bound powder matrix, to divide the tablet into sub-dosage units of the same mass of droxidopa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Kelly E. CAPUTO, Kaoru Maeda, Thomas G. West, Amol S. Matharu, Lauren E. Beach-Herrera, Thomas J. Bradbury, Jaedeok Yoo
  • Publication number: 20220183986
    Abstract: A method and system of forming a pharmaceutical dosage form within a portion of a blister packaging. The method includes the steps of providing a blister packaging for the dosage form with depressions. A predetermined amount of a drug-containing powder material comprising drug-containing particles is deposited into a substantially uniform powder layer within the depressions. A binding liquid is then deposited in a pattern on the powder layer within the depressions, to bind the particles of the powder layer and form an incremental wetted layer, Excess solvent in the binding material can be removed to form an incremental bound layer. These steps are repeated in sequence at least one or more times to form the pharmaceutical dosage form within the blister packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Lauren E. Beach-Herrera, Matthew F. Boldt, Thomas J. Bradbury, Henry Cabral, Kelly E. Caputo, William R. Gross, Munhee Lee, Mahendra R. Patel, Aleece M. Phillips, Timothy S. Tracy, Thomas G. West, Jaedeok Yoo
  • Patent number: 11278501
    Abstract: A method and system of forming a pharmaceutical dosage form within a portion of a blister packaging. The method includes the steps of providing a blister packaging for the dosage form with depressions. A predetermined amount of a drug-containing powder material comprising drug-containing particles is deposited into a substantially uniform powder layer within the depressions. A binding liquid is then deposited in a pattern on the powder layer within the depressions, to bind the particles of the powder layer and form an incremental wetted layer. Excess solvent in the binding material can be removed to form an incremental bound layer. These steps are repeated in sequence at least one or more times to form the pharmaceutical dosage form within the blister packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: APRECIA PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
    Inventors: Lauren E. Beach-Herrera, Matthew F. Boldt, Thomas J. Bradbury, Henry Cabral, Kelly E. Caputo, William R. Gross, Munhee Lee, Mahendra R. Patel, Aleece M. Phillips, Timothy S. Tracy, Thomas G. West, Jaedeok Yoo
  • Publication number: 20210393533
    Abstract: A method and system of forming a pharmaceutical dosage form within a portion of a blister packaging. The method includes the steps of providing a blister packaging for the dosage form with depressions. A predetermined amount of a drug-containing powder material comprising drug-containing particles is deposited into a substantially uniform powder layer within the depressions. A binding liquid is then deposited in a pattern on the powder layer within the depressions, to bind the particles of the powder layer and form an incremental wetted layer. Excess solvent in the binding material can be removed to form an incremental bound layer. These steps are repeated in sequence at least one or more times to form the pharmaceutical dosage form within the blister packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Lauren E. Beach-Herrera, Matthew F. Boldt, Thomas J. Bradbury, Henry Cabral, Kelly E. Caputo, William R. Gross, Munhee Lee, Mahendra R. Patel, Aleece M. Phillips, Timothy S. Tracy, Thomas G. West, Jaedeok Yoo