Patents by Inventor Stephen Ulrich

Stephen 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).

  • Process for Making Tablet Using Radiofrequency and Lossy Coated Particles
    Publication number: 20170354606
    Abstract: In one aspect the present invention features process for making a tablet comprising at least one pharmaceutically active agent, said method comprising the step of applying radiofrequency energy to a powder blend to sinter said powder blend into said tablet, wherein said powder blend comprises lossy coated particles and said at least one pharmaceutically active agent, wherein said lossy coated particles comprises a substrate that is at least partially coated with a lossy coating comprising at least one activator, wherein said substrate has a Q value of greater than 100 and said activator has a Q value of less than 75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher E. Szymczak, Vipul Dave, Gerard P. McNally, David B. Cochran, Gregory Koll, Stephen Ulrich
  • Process for making tablet using radiofrequency and lossy coated particles
    Patent number: 9789066
    Abstract: In one aspect the present invention features process for making a tablet comprising at least one pharmaceutically active agent, said method comprising the step of applying radiofrequency energy to a powder blend to sinter said powder blend into said tablet, wherein said powder blend comprises lossy coated particles and said at least one pharmaceutically active agent, wherein said lossy coated particles comprises a substrate that is at least partially coated with a lossy coating comprising at least one activator, wherein said substrate has a Q value of greater than 100 and said activator has a Q value of less than 75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Szymczak, Vipul Dave, Gerard P. McNally, David B. Cochran, Gregory Koll, Stephen Ulrich
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING TABLET USING RADIOFREQUENCY AND LOSSY COATED PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20150196493
    Abstract: In one aspect the present invention features process for making a tablet comprising at least one pharmaceutically active agent, said method comprising the step of applying radiofrequency energy to a powder blend to sinter said powder blend into said tablet, wherein said powder blend comprises lossy coated particles and said at least one pharmaceutically active agent, wherein said lossy coated particles comprises a substrate that is at least partially coated with a lossy coating comprising at least one activator, wherein said substrate has a Q value of greater than 100 and said activator has a Q value of less than 75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher E. Szymczak, Vipul Dave, Gerard P. McNally, David B. Cochran, Gregory Koll, Stephen Ulrich
  • Taste masked liquid pharmaceutical compositions
    Publication number: 20050118205
    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: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Ulrich, Karen Zimm