Patents by Inventor Stephen Maier

Stephen Maier 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).

  • Micro- and/or nano-structured packaging material
    Patent number: 8646604
    Abstract: The invention relates to a web-form packaging material which comprises at least one layer, comprising a packaging material surface, of a sealable material, to a packaging unit with a transdermal therapeutic system and with a packaging material of this kind, and also to a process for producing a packaging unit. For this purpose, at least the abovementioned surface of the packaging material has a multiplicity of recesses and/or a multiplicity of non-recessed regions. The distance between two adjacent recesses and/or the distance between two adjacent non-recessed regions is less than five times the packaging material thickness. Moreover, the depth of the recesses is not less than 1.2 nanometers and not more than 95% of the packaging material thickness. With the present invention, the sticking of an adhesive on the inner face of the packaging material is effectively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventor: Stephen Maier
  • Stability enhancement of solutions containing antimicrobial agents
    Publication number: 20050119141
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing biocidal efficacies and product stability of lens care solutions comprising packaging such solutions in containers fabricated from poly(ethylene terephalate).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Irene Quenville, Erning Xia, Stephen Maier, O. William Lever, David Heiler, Alyce Dobie