Patents by Inventor Nicolas D. KIRKLAND

Nicolas D. KIRKLAND 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).

  • CONTROLLED RELEASE GRANULATIONS OF WATER-SOLUBLE ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
    Publication number: 20220183977
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical granulations having a functional coating surrounding a core containing a water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient are disclosed. The functional coating provides for immediate release or controlled release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. The pharmaceutical granulations can be used in oral pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: SAMI KARABORNI, DANIEL M. CANAFAX, JIA-NING XIANG, WILLIAM W. XIANG, JAMES TIEN, NICOLAS D. KIRKLAND
  • Controlled release granulations of water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients
    Patent number: 11304906
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical granulations having a functional coating surrounding a core containing a water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient are disclosed. The functional coating provides for immediate release or controlled release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. The pharmaceutical granulations can be used in oral pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: XWPHARMA LTD.
    Inventors: Sami Karaborni, Daniel M. Canafax, Jia-Ning Xiang, William W. Xiang, James Tien, Nicolas D. Kirkland
  • STABILIZED COATED BUTYRATE FOR COLON RELEASE
    Publication number: 20210267919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coated butyrate and butyrate plus DPP-IV inhibitor tablets. It has been discovered that an inner butyrate core, a first layer neutral polymer which can dissolve in the colon, followed by an outer coating of a composition, which dissolves only in the colon, prevents the interaction of butyrate with these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: BioKier, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerzy Ryszard Szewczyk, Nicolas D. Kirkland, Troy A. Bartron, JR., Abdul Waseh Basit
  • PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS OF PILOCARPINE
    Publication number: 20140105976
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one minitablet, where the minitablet comprises a core, comprising pilocarpine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a coating layer comprising a coating polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: THERAVIDA, INC.
    Inventors: Mehdi PABORJI, Robert V. TUOHY, Stephen P. LEVINE, Dana E. MOSESON, Nicolas D. KIRKLAND