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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pfizer Science and Technology Ireland Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
A factory scale process for producing crystalline atorvastatin calcium includes the step of drying the isolated product in a vacuum pan dryer. The vacuum pan dryer has an agitator which is continuously rotated at a speed of approximately 1 rpm. High quality material is routinely and consistently produced with reduced cycle time.