Tablet Or Caplet (1) Patents (Class D24/101)
  • Patent number: 5562920
    Abstract: Elongated, divisible tablet especially for pharmaceutical applications which, when the underside of the tablet is rested on a flat support, touches the support with two zones protruding from both ends of the underside of the tablet but not with the intervening zone wherein the protruding zones are formed as bulges. Such a tablet can be easily divided into two halves with one hand and picked up from a support. In addition it is easily manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Boehringer Manheim GmbH
    Inventors: Fritz Demmer, Rolf-Dieter Gabel, Walter Preis
  • Patent number: 5118021
    Abstract: A device for splitting an object, preferably a pill, tablet, capsule or caplet of any of a variety of shapes or sizes, the device having a base with a pill receptacle for receiving and centering the pill. The device also includes a hinged top with a blade adapted for entering the receptacle and engaging and splitting the pill when the cap is closed. The device is adapted to be used as a cap for a container for storing the pills, tablets or caplets to be split.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: American Medical Industries
    Inventor: James Fiocchi
  • Patent number: D323236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Gabrielle Copp
  • Patent number: D323417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Inventor: Angela Cacia
  • Patent number: D324935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Gabrielle Copp
  • Patent number: D325619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Casberg
  • Patent number: D331279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventor: Geoffrey D. Tovey
  • Patent number: D331280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventor: Geoffrey D. Tovey
  • Patent number: D334420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
  • Patent number: D334421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
  • Patent number: D334802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome Co.
    Inventors: Hugh J. Greer, Robert J. H. Hiscock
  • Patent number: D334968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
  • Patent number: D335330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
  • Patent number: D335699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
  • Patent number: D335704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Olin Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Casberg
  • Patent number: D339863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: British Technology Group Limited
    Inventor: Steven Robertson
  • Patent number: D346442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Kramer, Ashok V. Katadare
  • Patent number: D354806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham PLC
    Inventor: Geoffrey D. Tovey
  • Patent number: D359554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Dansereau, Christopher R. Calhoun
  • Patent number: D361615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventor: Geoffrey D. Tovey
  • Patent number: D365875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham plc
    Inventors: Daniel M. Bradbury, Anthony G. Hatton, Ronald A. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D372307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Inventor: Jack E. Barringer
  • Patent number: D373234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventor: Michelle M. Manderfeld
  • Patent number: D375157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Kramer, Ashok V. Katdare
  • Patent number: D375549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph P. Sauer
  • Patent number: D376251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventor: Michelle M. Manderfeld
  • Patent number: D376643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventors: Anthony G. Hatton, Kenneth C. Campbell
  • Patent number: D376644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: The Boots Company plc
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dickinson, Karrar A. Khan
  • Patent number: D376847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome Co.
    Inventors: Martin R. Alden, Alexander McCall
  • Patent number: D377085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventor: George E. Tortarolo
  • Patent number: D377086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventor: George E. Tortarolo
  • Patent number: D377977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Philip T. Price, Michael B. Davies, Paul K. Rand, Yogendra Dandiker, Colin R. Heppenstall, Paul D. Huckle
  • Patent number: D379223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Kramer, Ashok V. Katdare
  • Patent number: D380825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Kramer, Ashok Katdare
  • Patent number: D398395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Charlton Titley, Alexander McCall, John Joe Atkins
  • Patent number: D400672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Kramer, Ashok V. Katdare
  • Patent number: D403396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Astra Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Jan Lundbom, .ANG.sa Naslund
  • Patent number: D405879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham p.l.c.
    Inventor: Graham Stanley Leonard
  • Patent number: D406187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: Reynaldo Garcia-Gutierrez
  • Patent number: D408910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Astra Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Jan Lundbom, Asa Naslund
  • Patent number: D413972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Robert Burrows
  • Patent number: D413973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Robert Burrows
  • Patent number: D414259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Robert Burrows
  • Patent number: D414551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc
    Inventor: Robert Burrows
  • Patent number: D414552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Burrows