Patents by Inventor William S. Bess

William S. Bess 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).

  • Fast dissolving orally consumable films containing a taste masking agent
    Patent number: 7648712
    Abstract: Physiologically acceptable films, including edible films, are disclosed. The films include a water soluble film-forming polymer, such as pullulan, and a taste masked pharmaceutically active agent, such as dextromethorphan. The taste masking agent is preferably a sulfonated polymer ion exchange resin comprising polystyrene cross-linked with divinylbenzene, such as AMBERLITE. Methods for producing the films are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Bess, Neema Kulkarni, Suhas H. Ambike, Michael P. Ramsay
  • Mouth rinse with enhanced oxygenating activity
    Patent number: 7192573
    Abstract: There are provided oral mouth rinse compositions, consisting essentially of: a) 1–20 wt % of an orally acceptable peroxide, b) 0.5–15 wt % of an orally acceptable sulfate, bisulfate, pyrosulfate salt of an inorganic cation or mixtures thereof, and c) water to 100 wt %. There are further provided methods of preparing and using said compositions as well as kits for maintaining the components to prepare said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventors: Leonard Mackles, William S Bess
  • Fast dissolving orally consumable solid film containing a taste masking agent and pharmaceutically active agent at weight ratio of 1:3 to 3:1
    Patent number: 7067116
    Abstract: Physiologically acceptable films, including edible films, are disclosed. The films include a water soluble film-forming polymer, such as pullulan, and a taste masked pharmaceutically active agent, such as dextromethorphan. The taste masking agent is preferably a sulfonated polymer ion exchange resin comprising polystyrene cross-linked with divinylbenzene, such as AMBERLITE. Methods for producing the films are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventors: William S. Bess, Neema Kulkarni, Suhas H. Ambike, Michael P. Ramsay