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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Benson Andon, Fairfield, OH (US);
Kenneth Thomas Smith, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/159 ; A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/342 ; C07C 5/9245 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/159 ; A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/342 ; C07C 5/9245 ;
Abstract
Nutritional mineral supplements comprising calcium citrate malate and vitamin D are disclosed. Estrogen can also be used with these supplements. These supplements, which provide at least 25% RDA of calcium and vitamin D are used in addition to the normal diet. These supplements are useful for increasing bone growth and for treating age-related bone loss in humans and animals.