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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.:

US 8968768 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2005

Phytosterol nutritional supplements

Applicants:

Scott W. Poxon, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

William Bubnis, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

Bruce W. Sutton, Richmond, VA (US);

Jeffrey V. Vernon, Fredericksburg, VA (US);

Denise L. Walters, Richmond, VA (US);

Michael G. Williams, Midlothian, VA (US);

Neil Wittenberg, Randolph, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Scott W. Poxon, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

William Bubnis, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

Bruce W. Sutton, Richmond, VA (US);

Jeffrey V. Vernon, Fredericksburg, VA (US);

Denise L. Walters, Richmond, VA (US);

Michael G. Williams, Midlothian, VA (US);

Neil Wittenberg, Randolph, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Wyeth LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Maureen P. O'Brien

Jeffrey M. Gold

Primary Examiner:

Trevor Love

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/56 (2006.01); A23L 1/30 (2006.01); A23L 1/302 (2006.01); A23L 1/304 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/10 (2006.01); A61K 9/20 (2006.01); A61K 9/48 (2006.01); A61K 31/355 (2006.01); A61K 31/375 (2006.01); A61K 31/51 (2006.01); A61K 31/525 (2006.01); A61K 31/714 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 47/02 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2013.01); A23L 1/3004 (2013.01); A23L 1/302 (2013.01); A23L 1/304 (2013.01); A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 9/009 (2013.01); A61K 9/10 (2013.01); A61K 9/2018 (2013.01); A61K 9/2054 (2013.01); A61K 9/4866 (2013.01); A61K 31/355 (2013.01); A61K 31/375 (2013.01); A61K 31/51 (2013.01); A61K 31/525 (2013.01); A61K 31/714 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61K 47/02 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A61K 9/1611 (2013.01); A61K 9/1652 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides a nutritional supplement which includes phytosterol to facilitate reduction of cholesterol. The nutritional supplement may be a swallowable tablet, chewable tablet, sachet, capsule or suspension. The invention further provides a method for tableting one fourth to one half of the daily effective dosage of a phytosterol containing nutritional supplement in a practical sized swallowable tablet and a method for reducing blood cholesterol in humans.

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