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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Jacobs, Portage, MI (US);
Shirish A Shah, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
L. Perrigo Company, Allegan, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424474 ; 424478 ; 514853 ;
Abstract
The medicament of the present invention and its process of manufacturing employs a caplet or tablet core with a clear or single color uniform covering which can be applied either through an enrobing process, by spraying or by a single dip-coating step. The core itself can have a first color or be colorless, and its clear or single color covering has the outer surface of one end or one side colored by a suitable dye to provide a two-color appearance. The dye can be applied by dipping or spray painting with a suitable jet-spraying apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, the covering is of a clear gelatinous material.