Patents by Inventor Michaela Opitz

Michaela Opitz 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).

  • Rapidly disintegrating coated pellets with delayed release
    Patent number: 6379706
    Abstract: The invention concerns pharmaceutical forms of administration that are in the form of pellets which contain a retarding agent in which the release rate of the active substance is not delayed or is substantially identical compared to corresponding pellets that contain no retarding agent. The release rate of these rapidly disintegrating pellets is at least about 90% within a time period of 30 minutes. In addition the present invention also concerns processes for the production these pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Michaela Opitz, Hendrik Von Burën, Rolf-Dieter Gabel, Geoffrey Lee
  • Rapidly disintegrating pellets
    Publication number: 20010004458
    Abstract: The invention concerns pharmaceutical forms of administration that are in the form of pellets which contain a retarding agent in which the release rate of the active substance is not delayed or is substantially identical compared to corresponding pellets that contain no retarding agent. The release rate of these rapidly disintegrating pellets is at least about 90% within a time period of 30 minutes. In addition the present invention also concerns processes for the production these pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics GMBH
    Inventors: Michaela Opitz, Hendrik Von Buren, Rolf-Dieter Gabel, Geoffrey Lee
  • Fast decomposing pellets
    Patent number: 6224909
    Abstract: The invention concerns pharmaceutical forms of administration that are in the form of pellets which contain a retarding agent in which the release rate of the active substance is not delayed or is substantially identical compared to corresponding pellets that contain no retarding agent. The release rate of these rapidly disintegrating pellets is at least about 90% within a time period of 30 minutes. In addition the present invention also concerns processes for the production these pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics GmbH
    Inventors: Michaela Opitz, Hendrik Von Büren, Rolf-Dieter Gabel, Geoffrey Lee