Patents by Inventor Steven A. Pierman

Steven A. Pierman 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).

  • Publication number: 20030235617
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical tablet is provided comprising an intraorally disintegratable core and an excipient coating adherent thereto, wherein the coating comprises gellan gum. The tablet is suitable for intraoral administration, for example for delivery of a drug contained in the core of the tablet to a subject, at least in part by absorption of the drug via oral mucosa of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Alice C. Martino, Steven A. Pierman, Robert M. Noack, Nancy J. Britten
  • Publication number: 20030180357
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical tablet is provided comprising a core and a coating adherent thereto, wherein (a) the core comprises solid particles of a water-soluble dye distributed in a matrix, and (b) the coating comprises gellan gum. The tablet is suitable for peroral or intraoral administration, for example for delivery of a drug contained in the core of the tablet to a subject. The tablet has a speckled appearance that renders the tablet readily identifiable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Alice C. Martino, Robert M. Noack, Steven A. Pierman
  • Publication number: 20030022912
    Abstract: A rapid-onset pharmaceutical composition is provided, useful for treatment of sexual dysfunction, stimulation of sexual activity and enhancement of sexual desire, interest and performance in men and women. The composition is a dosage form comprising (a) a therapeutically or sexual-stimulatorily effective amount of a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight, excluding counterions, not greater than 250, and (b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; and is adapted for delivery by a route of administration that entails interaction with the organs of taste yet has acceptable organoleptic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Alice C. Martino, Vincent E. McCurdy, Steven A. Pierman, Joseph P. Reo, Praveen Tyle, Sy-Juen Wu