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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter James Watts, Nottingham, GB;
Lisbeth Illum, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 ; A61K 9/00 ; A61K 9/12 ; A61K 9/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 6/06 ; A61K 9/00 ; A61K 9/12 ; A61K 9/06 ;
Abstract
Liquid pharmaceutical compositions for administration to a mucosal surface, comprising a therapeutic agent and a pectin with a low degree of esterification are described. Such compositions gel, or can be adapted to gel, at the site of application in the absence of an extraneous source of divalent metal ions.