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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:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Frank J. Bunick, Randolph, NJ (US);
Jen-chi Chen, Morrisville, PA (US);
Inventors:
Frank J. Bunick, Randolph, NJ (US);
Jen-Chi Chen, Morrisville, PA (US);
Assignee:
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an edible dosage form that incorporates optical elements (e.g., printed patterns, microrelief gratings, and/or macrorelief gratings), capable of producing unique optical effects and images in order to enable a user to better identify and differentiate the dosage forms, as well as to improve the detection of counterfeit production thereof, wherein the edible dosage forms may be made in a variety of ways to incorporate the optical elements therein.