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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy B Chiprich, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Michael T Hoylman, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Norman S Stroud, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
R.P. Scherer Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424451 ; 424452 ; 424454 ; 424455 ; 424456 ; 514962 ; 514778 ; 514781 ; 514782 ; 514777 ; 514783 ; 5147723 ;
Abstract
A gelatin capsule that is generally resistant to humidity having a non-hygroscopic plasticizer and an elasticity reducing gelatin extender in the formulation of the gelatin capsule shell. The capsule is capable of being manufactured on conventional rotary die encapsulation devices and can readily hold liquid fill materials. The capsule is breakable with manual pressure.