Patents by Inventor Lori Kumar

Lori Kumar 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).

  • Fast dissolving orally consumable films
    Publication number: 20080020024
    Abstract: A consumable film adapted to adhere to and dissolve in the oral cavity of a warm-blooded animal including humans, comprising at least one water soluble polymer, a taste masking effective amount of a sweetener, a mucosa-coating effective amount of a mucosa-coating agent and a pharmaceutically active agent having a sufficiently unpleasant taste that it is desirably masked by the sweetener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Neema Kulkarni, Albert Sorg, Lori Kumar
  • Fast dissolving orally consumable films
    Publication number: 20060039953
    Abstract: Physiologically acceptable films, including edible films, are disclosed. The films include a water soluble film-forming polymer such as pullulan. Edible films are disclosed that include pullulan and antimicrobially effective amounts of the essential oils thymol, methyl salicylate, eucalyptol and menthol. The edible films are effective at killing the plaque-producing germs that cause dental plaque, gingivitis and bad breath. The film can also contain pharmaceutically active agents. Methods for producing the films are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Sau-Hung Leung, Robert Leone, Lori Kumar, Neema Kulkarni, Albert Sorg
  • Fast dissolving orally consumable film
    Publication number: 20050031675
    Abstract: Physiologically acceptable films, including edible films, are disclosed. The films include a water soluble film-forming polymer such as pullulan. Edible films are disclosed that include pullulan and antimicrobially effective amounts of the essential oils thymol, methyl salicylate, eucalyptol and menthol. The edible films are effective at killing the plaque-producing germs that cause dental plaque, gingivitis and bad breath. The film can also contain pharmaceutically active agents. Methods for producing the films are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Sau-Hung Spence Leung, Robert Leone, Lori Kumar, Neema Kulkarni, Albert Sorg
  • Oral compositions containing a zinc compound
    Patent number: 6121315
    Abstract: Oral compositions including zinc and a coolant provide extended breath freshening without the poor taste and astringency associated with zinc containing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Mona Nair, Pauline Pan, Lori Kumar