Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Ulrich

Stephen A. Ulrich 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).

  • Manufacture of tablet
    Patent number: 8357395
    Abstract: The present invention features a method of manufacturing a tablet containing a pharmaceutically active agent by the steps of: (a) adding a powder containing a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier to a die cavity; (b) injecting a liquid drug composition containing the pharmaceutically active agent into the die cavity such that the liquid drug composition contacts the powder; (c) compressing the combination of the powder and the liquid drug composition within the die cavity to form the tablet; and (d) removing the tablet from the die cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Bunick, Joseph Luber, Stephen A. Ulrich, David W. Wynn
  • MANUFACTURE OF TABLET
    Publication number: 20090162435
    Abstract: The present invention features a method of manufacturing a tablet containing a pharmaceutically active agent by the steps of: (a) adding a powder containing a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier to a die cavity; (b) injecting a liquid drug composition containing the pharmaceutically active agent into the die cavity such that the liquid drug composition contacts the powder; (c) compressing the combination of the powder and the liquid drug composition within the die cavity to form the tablet; and (d) removing the tablet from the die cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Frank J. Bunick, Joseph Luber, Stephen A. Ulrich, David W. Wynn
  • Taste masked liquid pharmaceutical compositions
    Patent number: 6806256
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a taste masked liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically active agent and a taste masking composition. In particular, the taste masking composition comprises a taste masking effective amount of an artificial sweetener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Ortho -McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Ulrich, Karen R. Zimm, Marc Karel Jozef Francois, Willy Maria Albert Carlo Dries
  • Taste masked pharmaceutical compositions
    Patent number: 6767557
    Abstract: A taste masked pharmaceutical composition comprising a microcapsule, wherein the microcapsule comprises a pharmaceutically active agent core coated with a taste masking effective amount of a water-insoluble enteric coating, wherein the coating comprises a weakly acidic methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Ulrich, Karen R. Zimm
  • Taste masked liquid pharmaceutical compositions
    Publication number: 20030032600
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a taste masked liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically active agent and a taste masking composition. In particular, the taste masking composition comprises a taste masking effective amount of an artificial sweetener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen A. Ulrich, Karen R. Zimm, Marc Karel Jozef Francois, Willy Maria Albert Carlo Dries
  • Taste masked pharmaceutical compositions
    Publication number: 20020197327
    Abstract: A taste masked pharmaceutical composition comprising a microcapsule, wherein the microcapsule comprises a pharmaceutically active agent core coated with a taste masking effective amount of a water-insoluble enteric coating, wherein the coating comprises a weakly acidic methacrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen A. Ulrich, Karen R. Zimm