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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. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Mauger, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dennis H Robinson, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424486 ; 424498 ; 424484 ; 424469 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical coating for taste masking oral medications is described which includes a unique combination of triglycerides and a polymer. The triglyceride mixture melts at body temperature and the copolymer causes the coating to dissolve upon reaching the acidic environment of the stomach.