Patents by Inventor Sanjeev H Kothari

Sanjeev H Kothari 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).

  • Patent number: 9358207
    Abstract: There is provided granules for the production of flash-melt pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. In addition to one or more medicaments, the granules are composed of an excipient combination consisting of a superdisintegrant, a dispersing agent, a distributing agent, and a binder and may also include other conventional ingredients such as sweetening and flavoring agents. The subject granules are advantageous in that they are stable and can be prepared without the aid of solvents and without the need for special environments or handling. Dosage forms, especially tablets, prepared therefrom on conventional equipment disintegrate in the mouth in under about twenty five seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjeev H. Kothari, Divyakant S. Desai
  • Publication number: 20130296337
    Abstract: There is provided granules for the production of flash-melt pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. In addition to one or more medicaments, the granules are composed of an excipient combination consisting of a superdisintegrant, a dispersing agent, a distributing agent, and a binder and may also include other conventional ingredients such as sweetening and flavoring agents. The subject granules are advantageous in that they are stable and can be prepared without the aid of solvents and without the need for special environments or handling. Dosage forms, especially tablets, prepared therefrom on conventional equipment disintegrate in the mouth in under about twenty five seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Sanjeev H. Kothari, Divyakant S. Desai
  • Patent number: 8518421
    Abstract: There is provided granules for the production of flash-melt pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. In addition to one or more medicaments, the granules are composed of an excipient combination consisting of a superdisintegrant, a dispersing agent, a distributing agent, and a binder and may also include other conventional ingredients such as sweetening and flavoring agents. The subject granules are advantageous in that they are stable and can be prepared without the aid of solvents and without the need for special environments or handling. Dosage forms, especially tablets, prepared therefrom on conventional equipment disintegrate in the mouth in under about twenty five seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Sanjeev H. Kothari, Divyakant S. Desai
  • Publication number: 20040208924
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a tablet containing an unusually high percentage of an active ingredient in proportion to exipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Omar Leopold Sprockel, Chiajen Lai, Chenkou Wei, Sanjeev H. Kothari, Robert P. Discordia, Soojin Kim
  • Publication number: 20040175419
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward a method for increasing the compactability of an active ingredient by determining the crystallization parameters of the active ingredient that affect compactability; and controlling the crystallization parameters to achieve increased compactability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Omar Leopold Sprockel, Chiajen Lai, Robert P Discordia, Chenkou Wei, Sanjeev H Kothari, Soojin Kim