Patents by Inventor Robert Lepple

Robert Lepple 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: 20070110681
    Abstract: Flavor-stable, dental devices are coated with a flavor-absorbing, saliva soluble coating and packaged in unit-dose packaging with a flavor-compatible wrapping material, wherein said unit-doses are contained in a flavor-sealed dispenser that has been purged with an inert gas and fitted with a volatile flavor reservoir, prior to sealing, whereby said flavor reservoir releases flavor that is absorbed by the saliva soluble coating on said dental device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Whitehill Oral Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ira Hill, Robert Lepple, Dale Brown
  • Publication number: 20070107747
    Abstract: Various oral products coated with a saliva soluble coating containing: emulsions, film formers, and/or sialagogue and emulsion mixtures are post-treated with absorbable, stable, volatile flavors released from a reservoir under flavor-sealed conditions, such that, during use, a series of flavor signals are released from said oral products which collectively impart a clean perception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Whitehill Oral Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ira Hill, Robert Lepple, Dale Brown
  • Publication number: 20060105025
    Abstract: Extruded and densified recovery, ingestible pet chews, comprising a blend of an emulsion, starch, protein, plasticizing substance and water, which indicate recovery, resistance to fracturing and resistance to crumbling properties over the chew-life of the pet chews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Ira Hill, Dale Brown, Robert Lepple, Ronald Butler