Patents by Inventor Shawn P. McKee

Shawn P. McKee 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: 11690789
    Abstract: The invention provides a die suitable for producing a multi-chamber softgel capsule. The die comprises a die pocket defined by a die pocket wall and a bottom surface. The die comprises one or more partitioning walls dividing the die pocket into two or more chambers The top of the land of the partitioning walls have a lowest point that is lower than the plane formed by the top of the land along the perimeter of the die pocket wall by a gap. A die roll comprising a plurality of the dies is also provided, as well as rotary-die encapsulation machine comprising the die roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn P. McKee, David G. Williams, Sr., Lester David Fulper
  • Patent number: 11535811
    Abstract: A system for recovering gel-mass from a gel-mass-containing waste material. The system includes mangle rolls, a heated accumulator for receiving and melting the gel-mass-containing waste material to provide an oil phase and a non-oil phase; a pumping system; an optional mixer; and a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lester David Fulper, Werner Stange, Norton Richard Hart, Shawn P. McKee, Neftali Tosado
  • Publication number: 20200069523
    Abstract: The invention provides a die suitable for producing a multi-chamber softgel capsule. The die comprises a die pocket defined by a die pocket wall and a bottom surface. The die comprises one or more partitioning walls dividing the die pocket into two or more chambers The top of the land of the partitioning walls have a lowest point that is lower than the plane formed by the top of the land along the perimeter of the die pocket wall by a gap. A die roll comprising a plurality of the dies is also provided, as well as rotary-die encapsulation machine comprising the die roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn P. McKee, David G. Williams, Sr., David Lester Fulper
  • Publication number: 20200017797
    Abstract: A system for recovering gel-mass from a gel-mass-containing waste material. The system includes mangle rolls, a heated accumulator for receiving and melting the gel-mass-containing waste material to provide an oil phase and a non-oil phase; a pumping system; an optional mixer; and a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lester David Fulper, Werner Stange, Norton Richard Hart, Shawn P. McKee, Neftali Tosado
  • Patent number: 10465143
    Abstract: A process and system for recovering gel-mass from a gel-mass-containing waste material. The process comprises retrieving the gel-mass-containing waste material from an encapsulation process; melting the retrieved waste material to provide an oil phase and a non-oil phase; retrieving the non-oil phase to produce a recovered gel-mass; and recycling the recovered gel-mass for combination with fresh encapsulating material to provide a combined encapsulating material for use in encapsulating a same lot of the same product which was being encapsulated in the step that produced the gel-mass-containing waste material from which the gel-mass was obtained. The system comprises a heated accumulator for receiving and melting the gel-mass-containing waste material to provide an oil phase and a non-oil phase; a pumping system; an optional mixer; and a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lester David Fulper, Werner Stange, Norton Richard Hart, Shawn P. McKee, Neftali Tosado
  • Publication number: 20170128376
    Abstract: A process and system for recovering gel-mass from a gel-mass-containing waste material. The process comprises retrieving the gel-mass-containing waste material from an encapsulation process; melting the retrieved waste material to provide an oil phase and a non-oil phase; retrieving the non-oil phase to produce a recovered gel-mass; and recycling the recovered gel-mass for combination with fresh encapsulating material to provide a combined encapsulating material for use in encapsulating a same lot of the same product which was being encapsulated in the step that produced the gel-mass-containing waste material from which the gel-mass was obtained. The system comprises a heated accumulator for receiving and melting the gel-mass-containing waste material to provide an oil phase and a non-oil phase; a pumping system; an optional mixer; and a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lester David Fulper, Werner Stange, Norton Richard Hart, Shawn P. McKee, Neftali Tosado