Patents by Inventor Yumio Kudou

Yumio Kudou 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: 9789068
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a coating composition, which is used for an orally-administered preparation having an improved administering property, and/or an easily administrable preparation that does not affect dissolution property. The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: a first thickener selected from the group consisting of a carboxyvinyl polymer and sodium alginate; a polyvalent metal compound; at least one type of a second thickener selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, guar gum and sodium alginate, with the proviso that when the first thickener is sodium alginate the second thickener is not sodium alginate; and sucralose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumio Kudou, Kuniomi Warabino, Hiromitsu Ito
  • Publication number: 20170151178
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a coating composition, which is used for an orally-administered preparation having an improved administering property, and/or an easily administrable preparation that does not affect dissolution property. The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: a first thickener selected from the group consisting of a carboxyvinyl polymer and sodium alginate; a polyvalent metal compound; at least one type of a second thickener selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, guar gum and sodium alginate, with the proviso that when the first thickener is sodium alginate the second thickener is not sodium alginate; and sucralose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumio KUDOU, Kuniomi WARABINO, Hiromitsu ITO
  • Patent number: 9603805
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a coating composition, which is used for an orally-administered preparation having an improved administering property, and/or an easily administrable preparation that does not affect dissolution property. The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: a first thickener selected from the group consisting of a carboxyvinyl polymer and sodium alginate; a polyvalent metal compound; at least one type of a second thickener selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, guar gum and sodium alginate, with the proviso that when the first thickener is sodium alginate the second thickener is not sodium alginate; and sucralose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumio Kudou, Kuniomi Warabino, Hiromitsu Ito
  • Publication number: 20150079171
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a coating composition, which is used for an orally-administered preparation, the administering property of which has been improved, and/or an easily administrable preparation that does not affect dissolution property. The aforementioned object can be achieved using a coating composition comprising a first thickener selected from the group consisting of a carboxyvinyl polymer and sodium alginate, a polyvalent metal compound, and at least one type of a second thickener selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, guar gum and sodium alginate, with the proviso that when the first thickener is sodium alginate the second thickener is not sodium alginate, or using a coating composition comprising, as thickeners, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and sugar or sugar alcohol having a solubility at 20° C. of 30 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumio Kudou, Kuniomi Warabino
  • Publication number: 20140308359
    Abstract: It has been desired to develop a coating composition, which is used for an orally-administered preparation having an improved administering property, and/or an easily administrable preparation that does not affect dissolution property. The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: a first thickener selected from the group consisting of a carboxyvinyl polymer and sodium alginate; a polyvalent metal compound; at least one type of a second thickener selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, guar gum and sodium alginate, with the proviso that when the first thickener is sodium alginate the second thickener is not sodium alginate; and sucralose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yumio Kudou, Kuniomi Warabino, Hiromitsu Ito
  • Publication number: 20120082723
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a coating composition, which is used for an orally-administered preparation, the administering property of which has been improved, and/or an easily administrable preparation that does not affect dissolution property. The aforementioned object can be achieved using a coating composition comprising a first thickener selected from the group consisting of a carboxyvinyl polymer and sodium alginate, a polyvalent metal compound, and at least one type of a second thickener selected from the group consisting of xanthan gum, guar gum and sodium alginate, with the proviso that when the first thickener is sodium alginate the second thickener is not sodium alginate, or using a coating composition comprising, as thickeners, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and sugar or sugar alcohol having a solubility at 20° C. of 30 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Yumio Kudou, Kuniomi Warabino