Patents by Inventor Michael Mary Van Oort

Michael Mary Van Oort 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).

  • Dry powder medicament formulations
    Patent number: 8337816
    Abstract: A dry powder pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) a medicament particle fraction comprising medicament particles with an aerodynamic diameter no greater than 10 ?m; and (ii) at least 50% of a non-respirable excipient fraction comprising low density excipient particles with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 10 ?m and a geometric diameter greater than 30 ?m. In additional embodiments of the invention, the pharmaceutical composition includes a respirable excipient fraction comprising excipient particles with an aerodynamic diameter no greater than 10 ?m. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the non-respirable excipient particles include pores adapted to receive a portion of the respirable excipient fraction and/or the medicament fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Brown, Michael Mary Van Oort
  • Method for forming a laminate assembly with an ultrasonic welder
    Patent number: 7448184
    Abstract: A laminate assembly, comprising a base sheet having at least one blister formed therein, a pharmaceutical composition displaced in the blister, a lid sheet bonded to the base sheet to form a primary seal therebetween, thus forming a primarily sealed laminate assembly; the primary sealed laminate assembly having a secondary seal formed therein, and related manufacturing method and system of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Verna Lo Clark, Michael Mary Van Oort, Richard Ian Walker