Patents by Inventor Philippe Lefevre

Philippe Lefevre 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).

  • Publication number: 20240251820
    Abstract: An improved sugar coating process using a hydrolyzed and functionalized starch. The present invention also relates to sugar-coating compositions comprising such a starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sébastien CROQUET, Grégory LE BIHAN, Philippe LEFEVRE, Claudia FRANCOIS, Laurence CAMPION
  • Publication number: 20220409546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of octenyl succinate starch, in particular sodium octenyl succinate starch as a binder in wet granulation, in particular for pharmaceutical solid dosage form and the granule obtainable by the method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Philippe LEFEVRE, Olaf HAEUSLER, Nicolas DESCAMPS, Gregory LE BIHAN
  • Patent number: 11364204
    Abstract: A process for preparing a coagglomerate of crystalline mannitol and of starch includes spray-drying or granulating a mixture of a “solution” of mannitol and of starch, the starch being suspended in the mannitol solution. The coagglomerate has a laser volume mean diameter D4,3 between 60 and 500 ?m, and a mannitol/starch ratio is between 99.5/0.5 and 50/50. The coagglomerate, when mixed with 1.2% of magnesium stearate and formed into a cylindrical tablet with convex faces, a diameter of 13 mm, a thickness of 6 mm, and a weight of 0.734 g, has a crushing strength greater than 120 N. 100 g of said coagglomerate has a flow of between 3 and 15 seconds, measured according to European Pharmacopoeia 5.0, volume 1, 01/2005: 20916, section 2.9.1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FREERES
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Alain Francois, Philippe Lefevre, Damien Passe
  • Publication number: 20220008343
    Abstract: Coagglomerates of crystalline mannitol and granular starch have a laser mean volume diameter D4,3 of between 60 and 500 ?m, a ratio of mannitol/starch is between 99.5/0.5 and 50/50, and the mannitol is both in the alpha and beta crystalline forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Baptiste BOIT, Alain FRANCOIS, Philippe LEFEVRE, Damien PASSE
  • Publication number: 20220008344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sugar-coated solid forms having improved stability, in particular a superior humidity resistance, and to a sugar-coating method which is particularly useful for the preparation of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Philippe LEFEVRE, Grégory LE BIHAN, Sébastien CROQUET
  • Patent number: 10828256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mannitol granules that are of use for the preparation of tablets by direct compression, which do not require a small amount of lubricant in order to be processed. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing such granules. The present invention also encompasses pulverulent compositions comprising these granules, and also direct compression processes using these pulverulent compositions. Finally, the present invention relates to tablets composed of these pulverulent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ROQUETT FRERES
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre
  • Publication number: 20200214315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new sugar-coated solid forms with irregular shapes, and to a sugar coating method which is particularly useful for the preparation of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Philippe LEFEVRE, Gregory LE BIHAN, Sebastien CROQUET
  • Publication number: 20200155460
    Abstract: A process for preparing a coagglomerate of crystalline mannitol and of starch includes spray-drying or granulating a mixture of a “solution” of mannitol and of starch, the starch being suspended in the mannitol solution. The coagglomerate has a laser volume mean diameter D4,3 between 60 and 500 ?m, and a mannitol/starch ratio is between 99.5/0.5 and 50/50. The coagglomerate, when mixed with 1.2% of magnesium stearate and formed into a cylindrical tablet with convex faces, a diameter of 13 mm, a thickness of 6 mm, and a weight of 0.734 g, has a crushing strength greater than 120 N. 100 g of said coagglomerate has a flow of between 3 and 15 seconds, measured according to European Pharmacopoeia 5.0, volume 1, 01/2005: 20916, section 2.9.1.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Baptiste BOIT, Alain FRANCOIS, Philippe LEFEVRE, Damien PASSE
  • Publication number: 20200085746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mannitol granules that are of use for the preparation of tablets by direct compression, which do not require a small amount of lubricant in order to be processed. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing such granules. The present invention also encompasses pulverulent compositions comprising these granules, and also direct compression processes using these pulverulent compositions. Finally, the present invention relates to tablets composed of these pulverulent compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre
  • Publication number: 20190289860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microalgal flour granules, and optionally, lipid-rich microalgal flour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Marilyne Guillemant, Philippe Lefevre, José Lis, Damien Passé, Samuel Patinier
  • Patent number: 10105314
    Abstract: Coagglomerates of mannitol, whose laser volume-average diameter D4,3 is between 1 and 200 ?m, and of granular starch, are characterized in that they have a disintegration behavior determined according to a test A such that the relaxation time measured is between 30 and 100 seconds and the swelling force is between 0.8 and 3.0 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre, Damien Passe
  • Patent number: 9937131
    Abstract: Co-agglomerates of crystalline mannitol and granular starch, characterized in that they have a compressibility, as determined according to a test A, higher than 120 N, and preferably of 200 to 450 N, and a flow time, as determined according to a test B, of 3 to 15 seconds, and preferably of 4 to 8 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Alain Francois, Philippe Lefevre, Damien Passe
  • Patent number: 9839610
    Abstract: Coagglomerates of mannitol, whose laser volume-average diameter D4,3 is between 1 and 200 ?m, and of granular starch, are characterized in that they have a disintegration behavior determined according to a test A such that the relaxation time measured is between 30 and 100 seconds and the swelling force is between 0.8 and 3.0 N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre, Damien Passe
  • Publication number: 20170281550
    Abstract: Co-agglomerates of crystalline mannitol and granular starch, characterised in that they have a compressibility, as determined according to a test A, higher than 120 N, and preferably of 200 to 450 N, and a flow time, as determined according to a test B, of 3 to 15 seconds, and preferably of 4 to 8 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Baptiste BOIT, Alain FRANCOIS, Philippe LEFEVRE, Damien PASSE
  • Publication number: 20160331681
    Abstract: Coagglomerates of mannitol, whose laser volume-average diameter D4,3 is between 1 and 200 ?m, and of granular starch, are characterized in that they have a disintegration behaviour determined according to a test A such that the relaxation time measured is between 30 and 100 seconds and the swelling force is between 0.8 and 3.0 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Baptiste BOIT, Philippe LEFEVRE, Damien PASSE
  • Patent number: 9234049
    Abstract: A powder of cold-soluble polysaccharide and polyol, which is highly viscous in water and suitable for direct compression, and a method for preparing the powder and uses thereof are described, the powder being notably intended for preparing solid forms with controlled release of an active principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Fabrice Buquet, Gregory Le Bihan, Philippe Lefevre
  • Patent number: 9220684
    Abstract: A pulverulent crystalline maltitol composition, is characterized in that it has a laser volume mean diameter between 10 and 150 ?m; in that it has a maltitol content between 80 and 99.9% by weight; in that at least 50% by weight of its particles flow through a sieve having a cut-off threshold of 2000 ?m according to a test A1; in that at least 35% by weight of its particles flow through a sieve having a cut-off threshold of 2000 ?m according to a test A2; and in that it includes from 0.1 to 20% by weight of at least one water-insoluble anti-caking agent, the anti-caking agent having a hygroscopicity, determined according to the test B, between 2.5 and 25%. This composition is not subject to caking, and finds applications in the food and pharmaceutical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Philippe Lefevre, Jose Lis, Guillaume Ribadeau-Dumas
  • Publication number: 20150272136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microalgal flour granules, and optionally, lipid-rich microalgal flour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Marilyne Guillemant, Philippe Lefevre, José Lis, Damien Passe, Samuel Patinier
  • Patent number: 8940393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a powder composition of mannitol crystals, produced by: (i) the crystallization of mannitol in a solvent; followed by (ii) a step of separating the crystals from the resulting crystal suspension; (iii) a step of drying the crystals; and (iv) a selection step, the composition having a particle size distribution, as determined by laser particle sizing, of 72 to 99.9 vol % of particles having a particle size greater than 75 ?m, of 0.1 to 60 vol % of particles larger than 250 ?m, and a mean diameter of between 100 and 300 ?m. Also described is a method for producing such a composition by a step of crystallizing a mannitol syrup followed by drying the mannitol crystals, a step of selecting particles, and a step of collecting a fraction of the powder composition including 72 to 99.9% of particles having a particle size greater than 75 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Baptiste Boit, Philippe Lefevre, Jose Lis
  • Publication number: 20140106051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microalgal flour granules, and optionally, lipid-rich microalgal flour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Philippe Lefevre, Jose Lis, Damien Passe, Samuel Patinier, Marilyne Guillemant, Dan Dueppen, John Piechocki, Leslie Norris