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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:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2003
Mark S. Carruthers, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Christopher D. Craig, Bend, OR (US);
Douglas L. Millard, Bend, OR (US);
David D. Newbold, Bend, OR (US);
Kenny R. Spence, Bend, OR (US);
Avinash G. Thombre, East Lyme, CT (US);
Mark S. Carruthers, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Christopher D. Craig, Bend, OR (US);
Douglas L. Millard, Bend, OR (US);
David D. Newbold, Bend, OR (US);
Kenny R. Spence, Bend, OR (US);
Avinash G. Thombre, East Lyme, CT (US);
Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT (US);
Abstract
A laser drilling system forms an opening in the coating of a pharmaceutical dosage form and includes an orienting assembly to correctly orient dosage forms, a debris removal assembly to reduce buildup of and reduce exposure to drilling debris and a quality control assembly to verify that the opening formed conforms to predetermined specifications.