Patents by Inventor Roger A. Rinker

Roger A. Rinker 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: 20220280434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 11298324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Publication number: 20210393535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Publication number: 20200214986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 10632078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventors: Roger A Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Publication number: 20180369152
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Roger A Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 10092521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Publication number: 20160051479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollack, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 9149438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollack, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Publication number: 20140328913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollack, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 8815290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Atul Ayer, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 8067029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Atul Ayer, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 7946447
    Abstract: The invention features a method of selling dosage forms without a prescription. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the dosage forms are sold in a container displayed on a retail shelf without outer secondary packaging. The container preferably is made of a material through which the dosage forms are visible. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the container has at least one substantially flat side wall and is laid on a retail display shelf on its substantially flat side wall. The container may be formed to have only one plane of symmetry. At least one of the side walls of the container may be formed to facilitate gripping of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Peter Sterling, Erik Joseph Moses, Peter Michaelian, Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Roger Rinker, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., John Spano
  • Publication number: 20110086098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Atul Ayer, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Patent number: 7879354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved gelatinous coated dosage form having two end regions coated with gelatinous materials and an exposed circumferential band. Openings are provided in at least the exposed band to reveal the core material. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such gelatinous coated dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Atul Ayer, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello, Dennis Wieand, Kishor Parekh
  • Publication number: 20090057187
    Abstract: The invention features a method of selling dosage forms without a prescription by displaying said dosage forms in a container having an asymmetric shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Peter Sterling, Erik Joseph Moses, Peter Michaelian, Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Roger Rinker, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, JR., John Spano
  • Patent number: 7370773
    Abstract: The invention features a child resistant, moveable closure member and container device and an overcap and container device. The overcap has opposed end walls and opposed sidewalls, with at least one leading locking pin and at least one trailing locking pin in at least one of said sidewalls. The inner closure may have at least one guiding bar, which extends downwardly from its lower surface, that is compatible in shape with an opening slot that may be in at least one of the sidewalls along the upper body of the container. The container further has a fixed cover portion facing the inner closure with a dispensing opening therethrough. At least one of the container sidewalls may have a closing notch, a stopping notch distal to the closing notch, and an opening notch therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Peter Sterling, Erik Joseph Moses, Peter Michaelian, Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Roger Rinker, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., John Spano
  • Patent number: D525356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventors: Roger A. Rinker, Nicholas J. Casale, James H. Comly, Brenda Pollock, Atul Ayer, Johan Geerke, Martin Costello
  • Patent number: D536981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Toth, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., John D. Spano, Roger A. Rinker
  • Patent number: D537724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Peter Sterling, Erik Joseph Moses, Peter Michaelian, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., John Spano, Roger Rinker