Patents by Inventor Steven Ginsberg

Steven Ginsberg 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: 7866475
    Abstract: A child-resistant multi-step tear-access blister package having at least one product well containing a product. The product is accessed by tearing the blister package from a peripheral edge toward the product well. A step in addition to tearing is required to access the product, thereby elevating the cognitive skill necessary to access the product above those of a typical small child. In the disclosed exemplary embodiment, the additional step involves weakening a tear-resistant channel blocking a tear path from the peripheral edge of the package to the product well. More particularly, initial tearing of the package toward the product well is interfered with by the presence of the tear-resistant channel interrupting the tear path. The tear-resistant channel may be bent or snapped to permit tearing therethrough and to permit continued tearing of the blister package toward the product well to access the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: William Doskoczynski, Steven Ginsberg, Barry G. Seelig, Anne Carls, Karel Golta
  • Patent number: 7631764
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, such as strips of a water-soluble film that may or may not contain a pharmaceutically active material, including a dispenser apparatus including a tray, cover and side portions and at least one packet freely positioned within the dispenser apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant
  • Publication number: 20080290111
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, such as strips of a water-soluble film that may or may not contain a pharmaceutically active material, including a dispenser apparatus including a tray, cover and side portions and at least one packet freely positioned within the dispenser apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant
  • Patent number: 7434692
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, such as strips of a water-soluble film that may or may not contain a pharmaceutically active material, including a dispenser apparatus including a tray, cover and side portions and at least one packet freely positioned within the dispenser apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant
  • Patent number: 7357255
    Abstract: A packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, e.g., strips of a water-soluble film that contains a pharmaceutically active material, comprises the combination of a) a tray; b) a plurality of substantially identical packets uniformly stacked in the tray, each packet having a pouch portion that holds a single dose of the product and a tab portion releasably connected to the pouch portion; c) retention means for holding the tab portions of the stacked packets in the tray; and d) a cover that is movably connected to the tray, the cover being movable between a closed position in which the stack of packets is enclosed within the tray and an open position in which the pouch portion of the topmost packet on the stack is sufficiently exposed that its front edge can be gripped, allowing the pouch portion to be pulled away from the restrained tab portion to which it is connected, thereby releasing that pouch portion from the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant
  • Publication number: 20070284279
    Abstract: A child-resistant multi-step tear-access blister package having at least one product well containing a product. The product is accessed by tearing the blister package from a peripheral edge toward the product well. A step in addition to tearing is required to access the product, thereby elevating the cognitive skill necessary to access the product above those of a typical small child. In the disclosed exemplary embodiment, the additional step involves weakening a tear-resistant channel blocking a tear path from the peripheral edge of the package to the product well. More particularly, initial tearing of the package toward the product well is interfered with by the presence of the tear-resistant channel interrupting the tear path. The tear-resistant channel may be bent or snapped to permit tearing therethrough and to permit continued tearing of the blister package toward the product well to access the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: William Doskoczynski, Steven Ginsberg, Barry G. Seelig, Anne Carls, Karel Golta
  • Publication number: 20060180604
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, such as strips of a water-soluble film that may or may not contain a pharmaceutically active material, including a dispenser apparatus including a tray, cover and side portions and at least one packet freely positioned within the dispenser apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford Grant
  • Publication number: 20040217036
    Abstract: A packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, e.g., strips of a water-soluble film that contains a pharmaceutically active material, comprises the combination of a) a tray; b) a plurality of substantially identical packets uniformly stacked in the tray, each packet having a pouch portion that holds a single dose of the product and a tab portion releasably connected to the pouch portion; c) retention means for holding the tab portions of the stacked packets in the tray; and d) a cover that is movably connected to the tray, the cover being movable between a closed position in which the stack of packets is enclosed within the tray and an open position in which the pouch portion of the topmost packet on the stack is sufficiently exposed that its front edge can be gripped, allowing the pouch portion to be pulled away from the restrained tab portion to which it is connected, thereby releasing that pouch portion from the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant
  • Patent number: 6708826
    Abstract: A packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, e.g., strips of a water-soluble film that contains a pharmaceutically active material, comprises the combination of a) a tray; b) a plurality of substantially identical packets uniformly stacked in the tray, each packet having a pouch portion that holds a single dose of the product and a tab portion releasably connected to the pouch portion; c) retention means for holding the tab portions of the stacked packets in the tray; and d) a cover that is movably connected to the tray, the cover being movable between a closed position in which the stack of packets is enclosed within the tray and an open position in which the pouch portion of the topmost packet on the stack is sufficiently exposed that its front edge can be gripped, allowing the pouch portion to be pulled away from the restrained tab portion to which it is connected, thereby releasing that pouch portion from the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant
  • Patent number: D513980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter F. Connolly, Jake Ginder, Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant, Thomas Zoltner
  • Patent number: D517406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter F. Connolly, Jake Ginder, Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant, Thomas Zoltner
  • Patent number: D518709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: Peter F. Connolly, Jake Ginder, Steven Ginsberg, Bradford S. Grant, Thomas Zoltner
  • Patent number: D571669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, Barry G. Seelig, Karel Golta
  • Patent number: D601012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, William Doskoczynski, Barry G. Seelig, Karel Golta, Anne Carls
  • Patent number: D606856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, William Doskoczynski, Barry G. Seelig, Karel Golta, Anne Carls
  • Patent number: D620359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: LisaMcNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ginsberg, William Doskoczynski, Barry G. Seelig, Karel Golta, Anne Carls