With Treatment Subsequent To Solid Wall Formation (e.g., Coating, Hardening, Etc.) Patents (Class 264/4.3)
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Patent number: 12064406Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing liposomes, said liposome comprise an external lipid bilayer; and an internal aqueous medium including a weak acid drug with a half-life of less than 2 hours. Also provided is the use of the pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein to treat pulmonary hypertension with reduced dosing frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: PHARMOSA BIOPHARM INC.Inventors: Pei Kan, Yi Fong Lin, Ko Chieh Chen
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Patent number: 11964050Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a weak acid drug, with the use of a bicarbonate salt to achieve a high incorporation of the drug into the liposome and a better therapeutic efficacy. Also disclosed is a method for treating a respiratory disease using the pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: PHARMOSA BIOPHARM INC.Inventors: Pei Kan, Yi Fong Lin, Ko Chieh Chen
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Patent number: 11919941Abstract: Soluble, self-assembling collagens derived from tissues are extensively characterized such that one can predict and customize the final collagen-fibril matrix with respect to fibril microstructure (i.e., fibril density, interfibril branching), viscoelasticity and proteolytic degradability. As shown herein these matrices template and direct the deposition of mesoporous silica at the level of individual collagen fibrils. The fibril density, silicic acid concentration, and time of exposure to silicifying solution were varied and the resulting hybrid materials were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and rheology. Microstructural properties of the collagen-fibril template are preserved in the silica surface of hybrid materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Jenna Leigh Rickus, Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Jennifer L. K. Rich
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Patent number: 11911517Abstract: The present disclosure provides for suspension-based pharmaceutical formulations for cold and flu medications, specifically suspension formulations and soft gel capsule dosage forms having reduced size. The present disclosure also provides methods of preparing the suspensions and soft gel capsule dosage forms.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Javier Zumeta Perez, Blanca Alvarez Maluenda, Maria Pilar Sanz Saiz, Maria Elena Iglesias Piñeiro, Anthony Bell, Reinhard Walter
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Patent number: 11504330Abstract: The invention provides ingestible particles comprising a water-swellable or water-soluble polymeric component, a lipid component, and optionally an amino acid, a vitamin and/or a micro-nutrient. The polymeric component may be embedded in the lipid component. The particle may further comprise an inert core and/or an outer layer which rapidly disintegrates after oral ingestion. The invention further provides methods for preparing the ingestible particles and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: PERORA GMBHInventor: Dirk Vetter
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Patent number: 11304910Abstract: Disclosed are soft gelatin capsules comprising a gelatin shell, a plasticiser, water, and optionally a calcium salt and a filling containing a dispersed or solubilised medicament comprising gelatin with gelling power, hydrolysed gelatin, glycerol, water, pectin and gellan gum. The formulations according to the invention allow gradual release of the active ingredient, regardless of pH.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Altergon S.A.Inventors: Simone Carucci, Maurizio Marchiorri, Marco Pontiggia, Tiziano Fossati
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Patent number: 11246832Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for producing liposomes by filtration. The methods include passing a heated lipid suspension through a filter assembly comprising two or more filters connected in series, wherein an orifice is disposed between adjacent filters. The methods and systems can produce liposomes having an average diameter that is less than half the diameter of the filter pores. Further, the methods and systems can produce liposomes with <100 nm average diameter, even when the liposomes comprise at least 30% sterol.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Stephen Morton, Zach Scott
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Patent number: 11241389Abstract: Materials and methods for preparing a payload-containing microcapsule with walls that have hexahydrotriazine (HT) and/or hemiaminal (HA) structures are disclosed. To an HT small molecule or a HA small molecule, or a combination thereof, in a solvent is added a cross-linking agent, NH4Cl, and a copolymer. The solution is acidified, and a payload agent is added. The HT small molecule and HA small molecule may have orthogonal functionality.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Rudy J. Wojtecki
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Patent number: 11178881Abstract: A proofed frozen dough includes a dough mixture of flour, water, and optionally additives; gas bubbles dispersed throughout the dough matrix; a spent yeast component; and a preserved yeast component. According to some aspects, the preserved yeast component includes encapsulated yeast, fat-coated yeast, non-hydrated active dry yeast, non-hydrated instant yeast, non-hydrated semi-dry yeast, non-hydrated frozen yeast, or a combination thereof. A frozen dough product can be prepared by mixing dough ingredients to produce a dough composition, where the dough ingredients include water, flour, a first yeast, and a second yeast; proofing the dough, where during proofing the first yeast is spent and the second yeast is preserved; and freezing the dough after proofing.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.Inventors: Rongxuan Cai, Stacey Fowler Meittunen
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Patent number: 11167032Abstract: The present disclosure provides inter alia compositions that comprise therapeutic agents (e.g., live attenuated viral antigens, therapeutic proteins, etc.) and a lipid component. The lipid component may comprise or consist of different types of lipid or lipids as described herein. In some embodiments the therapeutic agents are thermolabile. The present disclosure also provides methods for preparing compositions, including the aforementioned compositions (e.g., melt methods and spray injection methods among others).Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Variation Biotechnologies Inc.Inventors: Marc J. Kirchmeier, David E. Anderson
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Patent number: 11129778Abstract: A microcapsule composition containing microcapsules is provided as is a method for making the microcapsule composition and using the microcapsule composition in consumer products.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Johan G. L. Pluyter
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Patent number: 11052158Abstract: Provided are liposome constructs for delivery of urea to the vitreoretinal interface of the eye. The liposome constructs are agglomerates of small lamellar vesicles (SUVs) and have a greater density than the vitreal fluid, such that they sink to the back of the eye rather than dispersing throughout the vitreous.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Inventor: Troy Bremer
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Patent number: 11033520Abstract: Provided herein includes methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. Described herein are liposome encapsulated chemotherapeutic agents, encompassing a weakly basic anticancer compound and an acid or salt thereof, wherein the acid is oxalic acid or tartaric acid and methods for preparing and utilizing the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: IRISYS, INC.Inventors: Igor Nikoulin, Gerald Yakatan, Yevgeniya Plekhov, Robert Giannini
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Patent number: 10913968Abstract: The invention relates to a mass-spectrometric method to determine microbial resistances to antibiotics, in which the microbes are cultured in a medium comprising an antibiotic, and a mass spectrum of the microbes is acquired after they have been cultured. The method is characterized by the fact that any microbial growth taking place during the culture is mass-spectrometrically determined with the aid of a reference substance, which is added in a dosed amount and is co-measured in the mass spectrum, wherein a growth in microbes indicates the resistance to the antibiotic.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventors: Christoph Lange, Katrin Sparbier
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Patent number: 10772841Abstract: Described herein are abuse deterrent controlled release oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising and methods for making the same. In particular, an abuse deterrent controlled release oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a soft capsule and an abuse deterrent controlled release matrix comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient are described.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: PATHEON SOFTGELS INC.Inventors: Saujanya Gosangari, George Vamvakas, Tatyana Dyakonov, Aqeel Fatmi
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Patent number: 10772842Abstract: Described herein are abuse deterrent controlled release oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising and methods for making the same. In particular, an abuse deterrent controlled release oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a soft capsule and an abuse deterrent controlled release matrix comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient are described.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: PATHEON SOFTGELS INC.Inventors: Saujanya Gosangari, Justin Hughey, Tatyana Dyakonov, George Vamvakas, Aqeel A. Fatmi
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Patent number: 10751418Abstract: The present invention is embodied by a composition capable of chaperoning a typically non-orally available therapeutic or diagnostic agent through the environment of the digestive tract such that the therapeutic or diagnostic agent is bioavailable. The composition may or may not be targeted to specific cellular receptors, such as hepatocytes. Therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to, insulin, calcitonin, serotonin, and other proteins. Targeting is accomplished with biotin or metal based targeting agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: SDG, Inc.Inventors: W. Blair Geho, John R. Lau
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Patent number: 10660960Abstract: An ophthalmic drug delivery system that contains phospholipid and cholesterol for prolonging drug lifetime in the eyes.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: TAIWAN LIPOSOME CO., LTD., TLC BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Sheue-Fang Shih, Po-Chun Chang, Yun-Long Tseng, Luke S. S. Guo, Keelung Hong
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Patent number: 10653780Abstract: The present invention provides superior compositions and methods for the delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, these include novel lipids and nucleic acid-lipid particles that provide efficient encapsulation of nucleic acids and efficient delivery of the encapsulated nucleic acid to cells in vivo. The compositions of the present invention are highly potent, thereby allowing effective knock-down of specific target proteins at relatively low doses. In addition, the compositions and methods of the present invention are less toxic and provide a greater therapeutic index compared to compositions and methods previously known in the art.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATIONInventors: Michael J. Hope, Sean C. Semple, Jianxin Chen, Thomas D. Madden, Pieter R. Cullis, Marco A. Ciufolini, Barbara Low Shoud Mui
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Patent number: 10646613Abstract: The present invention refers to a composition, comprising hemoglobin or myoglobin, wherein in at least 40% of said hemoglobin or myoglobin the oxygen binding site is charged by a non-O2 ligand, and at least one further ingredient, a method for preparing said composition and the use of hemoglobin or myoglobin charged with a non-oxygen ligand for external treatment of wounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE ABInventors: Michael Sander, Harald Potzschke
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Patent number: 10624860Abstract: Materials and methods for preparing a payload-containing microcapsule with walls that have hexahydrotriazine (HT) and/or hemiaminal (HA) structures are disclosed. To an HT small molecule or a HA small molecule, or a combination thereof, in a solvent is added a cross-linking agent, NH4Cl, and a copolymer. The solution is acidified, and a payload agent is added. The HT small molecule and HA small molecule may have orthogonal functionality.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Rudy J. Wojtecki
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Patent number: 10596081Abstract: A composition includes: an aqueous composition (A) including a buffer having a pKa between 4.0 and 8.0 and having no more than one carboxylic acid function; and at least one capsule including a core and a gelled shell including a polyelectrolyte in the gelled state chelated by divalent cations, the shell fully encapsulating the core on the periphery thereof, the capsule being free of eukaryote cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: CAPSUMInventors: Thomas Delmas, Mathieu Goutayer
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Patent number: 10584246Abstract: A renewable material for releasing a self-healing agent includes a renewable polymeric substrate with capsules and a reactant dispersed in the renewable polymeric substrate. The capsules may be formed from a first renewable shell polymer and may enclose the renewable self-healing agent. The reactant may be suitable for reacting with the renewable self-healing agent to form a polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jason T. Wertz
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Patent number: 10584245Abstract: A renewable material for releasing a self-healing agent includes a renewable polymeric substrate with capsules and a reactant dispersed in the renewable polymeric substrate. The capsules may be formed from a first renewable shell polymer and may enclose the renewable self-healing agent. The reactant may be suitable for reacting with the renewable self-healing agent to form a polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jason T. Wertz
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Patent number: 10449149Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for preparation of carbohydrate replacement therapies (CRT) that include nanocarriers of carbohydrates and glycolipids for pharmaceutical delivery to cell interior, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi for treating CDG type I and CDG type II diseases as well as other metabolic disorders.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Glycomine, Inc.Inventors: Agnes Rafalko, Tatyana Chernenko
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Patent number: 10391056Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one hydrophobic camptothecin derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said derivative and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) conjugated phospholipid. Also provided is a method to inhibit cancer cells in a subject in need thereof by administering the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignees: Taiwan Lipsome Company, LTD., TLC Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Pei Kan, ChiaHung Hung, KeeIung Hong, Yun-Long Tseng, Yung-Hsu Chan
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Patent number: 10293367Abstract: The present invention provides a waterproof tape having improved adhesion which comprises a filler layer having formed on one side of a base film to exhibit excellent viscosity while being thin and has excellent shock resistance and an excellent waterproof property, and a manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: NDFOS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chang Hoo Lee
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Patent number: 10293366Abstract: The present invention provides a waterproof tape for an automobile battery which comprises a filler layer having formed on one side of a base film to exhibit excellent viscosity while being thin and has excellent shock resistance and an excellent waterproof property, and a manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: NDFOS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chang Hoo Lee
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Patent number: 10278898Abstract: Disclosed is a method for shortening the drying time for drying an encapsulated material including a coating material containing water without causing deformation of the coating when drying. The method employs a fluidized bed dryer for drying coating materials that contain water and that form a coating when the water evaporates. A first drying step involves floating and fluidizing the encapsulated material and limiting a theorisable evaporating water content ?W so that dimples or deformation do not occur in the coating of the encapsulated granular material while measuring a water content or temperature of gas exhausted from the fluidized bed dryer; and a second drying step, performed after the measure water content is reduced below a prescribed amount or the measured temperature has increased, of blowing in gas to the fluidized bed dryer so that the theorisable evaporating water content ?W rises above that during the first drying step.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLCInventors: Naoji Sawaguchi, Yuji Amano, Yuichiro Sakurai
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Patent number: 10272043Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and compositions for the reduction of oxalate in humans. For example, the invention provides methods and compositions for the delivery of one or more oxalate-reducing enzymes embedded in particle compositions. The compositions of the present invention are suitable in methods of treatment or prevention of oxalate-related conditions including, but not limited to, hyperoxaluria, absorptive hyperoxaluria, enteric hyperoxaluria, primary hyperoxaluria, idiopathic calcium oxalate kidney stone disease (urolithiasis), vulvodynia, oxalosis associated with end-stage renal disease, cardiac conductance disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and patients who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery and bariatric surgery (surgery for obesity), and/or who have undergone antibiotic treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: OXTHERA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Qingshan Li, Harmeet Sidhu
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Patent number: 10258629Abstract: Provided herein are compositions methods of using liposomally encapsulated therapeutic drugs, such as staurosporine. Further provided herein are methods of using the liposome compositions to treat a cancer.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Santosh Kesari, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Milan T. Makale, Wolfgang J. Wrasidlo
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Patent number: 10182997Abstract: The present invention provides a compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and melanoma, in a human patient. The methods and compositions of the present invention employ curcumin or a curcumin analog encapsulated in a colloidal drug delivery system, preferably a liposomal drug delivery system. Suitable colloidal drug delivery systems also include nanoparticles, nanocapsules, microparticles or block copolymer micelles. The colloidal drug delivery system encapsulating curcumin or a curcumin analog is administered parenterally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMInventors: Razelle Kurzrock, Lan Li, Kapil Mehta, Bharat Aggarwal
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Patent number: 10159688Abstract: The present invention includes methods and compositions to enhance, inter alia, wound repair by administration of 2,3-biphosphoglycerate, myo-inositol trispyrophosphate, or a functional variant thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: M. ALPHABET 3, L.L.C.Inventors: Howard Fein, Joshua M. Berlin
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Patent number: 10131901Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for automated extraction, purification, and processing of nucleic acids from biological samples are presented. In some embodiments, hydrogel supports are used to immobilize particulate biological input samples and extract nucleic acids during operations. The use of hydrogel facilitates automated sample processing on robotic liquid handling systems. Devices, methods, and systems are also provided for electrophoretic sample preparation.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SAGE SCIENCE, INC.Inventors: Ezra S. Abrams, Danny Yun, Todd J. Barbera, Douglas Grosvenor Sabin, T. Christian Boles
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Patent number: 10111871Abstract: The invention provides pharmaceutical formulations of inhibitors for poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzyme. The formulations can be used in the treatment and prevention of cancer as well as the treatment of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases. The PARP inhibitor is delivered in the form of nanoparticles that provide efficient delivery of the inhibitor into cancer cells or other cells and release of the inhibitor within the cells. In treating cancer, the result is killing of tumor cells, whereas in treatment of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative disease, the result is preservation of cell function.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Northeastern UniversityInventors: Shifalika Tangutoori, Srinivas Sridhar
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Patent number: 10034819Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making multilayer core/shell microcapsules for delivery of active agents such as fragrance components of perfume oils. The method includes forming an outer shell by coacervation surrounding an internal phase which contains the active agent; and forming an inner shell by interfacial polymerization at the interface between the internal phase and the outer shell. The internal phase contains the active agent. The microcapsules are typically incorporated in a consumer product wherein the multilayer shell prevents the active agent from release until desired, generally during use of the consumer product.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Grégory Dardelle, Marlène Jacquemond, Philipp Erni
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Patent number: 10030091Abstract: Compositions may include a monomer, an organic crosslinker, an inorganic crosslinker, and an initiator. Furthermore, compositions may include at least one monomer and triethoxyvinylsilane (TEVS) to provide crosslinking among the at least one monomer.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: M-I L.L.C.Inventors: Changping Sui, Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam
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Patent number: 10022349Abstract: Cadotril particles suitable for solid or liquid dosage forms are the subject of this application.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.Inventors: Saumitra Bagchi, Murali K. Vuppala
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Patent number: 10011860Abstract: The invention relates to a mass-spectrometric method to determine microbial resistances to antibiotics, in which the microbes are cultured in a medium comprising an antibiotic, and a mass spectrum of the microbes is acquired after they have been cultured. The method is characterized by the fact that any microbial growth taking place during the culture is mass-spectrometrically determined with the aid of a reference substance, which is added in a dosed amount and is co-measured in the mass spectrum, wherein a growth in microbes indicates the resistance to the antibiotic.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Inventors: Christoph Lange, Katrin Sparbier
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Patent number: 9976008Abstract: The present invention relates to porous inorganic/organic homogenous copolymeric hybrid material materials, including particulates and monoliths, methods for their manufacture, and uses thereof, e.g., as chromatographic separations materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Waters Technologies CorporationInventors: Zhiping Jiang, John E. O'Gara, Raymond P. Fisk, Kevin D. Wyndham, Darryl W. Brousmiche
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Patent number: 9962321Abstract: Consumer products including compositions that include coated microcapsules, said coated microcapsules including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsules and methods related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Zoë Dyter, James Paul Hitchcock, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Raul Rodrigo Gomez, Alison Louise Tasker, David William York
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Patent number: 9951293Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating comprises particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein said particles of the first metal are charge-stabilized nanoparticles; processes for preparing the coated microcapsules, as well as formulations related thereto are also included.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: James Paul Hitchcock, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Alison Louise Tasker
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Patent number: 9951294Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein the particles of the first metal are sterically-stabilized nanoparticles; processes for preparing the coated microcapsules, as well as formulations related thereto are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: James Paul Hitchcock, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Alison Louise Tasker
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Patent number: 9944887Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including: a microcapsule including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsule, wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; wherein the particles of the first metal are adsorbed on said polymeric shell by contacting the polymeric shell with a reducing agent and a solution comprising ions of the first metal, thereby reducing said ions and forming particles of the first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell; method and formulations related thereto are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: Alison Louise Tasker, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, James Paul Hitchcock
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Patent number: 9944886Abstract: Accordingly, there are provided coated microcapsules including a microcapsule, said microcapsules including a polymeric shell and a liquid core material encapsulated therein; and a metallic coating surrounding said microcapsules; wherein the metallic coating includes particles of a first metal adsorbed on said polymeric shell and a film of a second metal formed thereon; and wherein the metallic coating has a maximum thickness of 1000 nm; and methods and formulations related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Noxell CorporationInventors: James Paul Hitchcock, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Simon Richard Biggs, Olivier Jean Cayre, Zoë Dyter, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Raul Rodrigo Gomez, Alison Louise Tasker, David William York
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Patent number: 9835618Abstract: Provided herein are systems for and methods of capturing, detecting, quantifying, and characterizing target moieties that are characterized by having a lipophilic portion of sufficient size and chemical composition whereby the target moiety inserts (or partitions) into a lipid assembly. Examples of such assays employ synthetic lipid constructs such as supported bilayers which are used to capture target moieties; other example assays exploit the natural absorption of compounds into natural lipid constructs such as HDL or LDL particles or cell membranes to capture target moieties. In specific embodiments, the target moieties are bacterial pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP) molecules or compounds not yet identified as PAMP molecules.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLCInventors: Basil I. Swanson, Harshini Mukundan, Rama Murthy Sakamuri
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Patent number: 9775789Abstract: Liposomal topical compositions containing phenolic anti-inflammatory agents, and methods for making thereof, are presented. These compositions are generally used for helping to prevent solar radiation-induced skin damage and helping to prevent and/or treat inflammatory dry skin conditions caused by eczema and contact dermatitis.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: D & J Rosée Inc.Inventor: Donald L. Simmons
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Patent number: 9668974Abstract: The invention provides extended release pro-liposomal, non-aqueous, pharmaceutical formulations of a local anesthetic in the form of a clear oily solution and methods for making same. The formulations can be administered by infiltration into an incision, or by injection.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: PAINREFORM LTD.Inventors: Shimon Amselem, Michael Naveh
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Patent number: 9579261Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a liposome formulation. In the disclosed method, a lipid fraction is dissolved in an organic solvent. The solution including a bioactive component and the lipid fraction, together with a carrier, is put in a reaction vessel, and a supercritical fluid is introduced thereto, so as to prepare particles coated with the bioactive component-lipid. The supercritical fluid is discharged by compression to obtain proliposome particles, and then the proliposome particles are hydrated by an aqueous solution including water so as to form a liposome solution. Preferably, the formulation may include one or more bioactive components. As required, the liposome formulation may be further processed by methods such as particle size reduction, removal of organic solvent, and freeze-drying. The preparation method can be easily carried out at a laboratory scale. Furthermore, the same method can be employed in liposome formulation preparation in mass production, or at a commercial scale.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: BCWORLD PHARM. CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Joo Hwang, Hee Jun Park, Wonkyung Cho, Kwang-Ho Cha, Junsung Park, Chanhyuk Park, Donggeon Gu
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Patent number: 9572755Abstract: The present invention is directed to a granulated composition comprising a salt encapsulated by a composition that comprises at least one wax.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITEDInventors: Verity Adams, Maida Ponchateau, Aimee Peachey, James Scott