Patents by Inventor Paula C. Garcia Todd

Paula C. Garcia Todd 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).

  • TALC-FREE POLYVINYL ALCOHOL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140328914
    Abstract: The present invention provides a talc-free composition characterizable as non-tacky and having an average water vapor permeability of at most 5.0 times 10?7 grams per Pascal-hour-meter and having a capability of forming a non-tacky film having an average water vapor permeability of at most 5.0 times 10?7 grams per Pascal-hour-meter. Also provided are the non-tacky film, a method of coating a dosage form with the composition, and a manufactured article comprising the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Sheskey, Michal E. Matteucci, Paula C. Garcia Todd, Karen M. Balwinski, Debora L. Holbrook
  • COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CELLULOSE ETHER AND STARCH
    Publication number: 20140201872
    Abstract: Abstract: A coating composition comprising a) a cellulose ether, and b) a water-dispersible starch which has, when measured as a 15 wt.-% dispersion in water at 25° C., a number average particle size of from 0.01 to 2 micrometers and a viscosity of not more than 2000 mPa·s, wherein the weight ratio between the cellulose ether and the water-dispersible starch is from 1:2 to 20:1, is useful for efficiently coating dosage forms with a low moisture permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Sheskey, Paula C. Garcia Todd, Debora L. Holbrook, Karen M. Balwinski, Michael D. Read, Jeffrey D. Michalowski