Patents

US 8333989 B2: Hydrophilic vehicle-based dual controlled release matrix system

Granted
2012-12-18
Filed
2006-10-26 application 11553356
Type
Utility · 15 claims
Elsewhere
Google Patents ↗ · USPTO patent document ↗ · USPTO Patent Center record ↗

Abstract

A hydrophilic vehicle-based dual controlled-release matrix system, suitable for encapsulation in hard or soft capsules, has been developed. The matrix is in the form of a solution or a suspension, which allows for easier formulation of low dose compounds. The matrix includes two rate controlling barriers for the controlled release of one or more pharmaceutically active agents. The primary rate controlling barrier includes a hydrophilic vehicle. The primary rate controlling barrier can further comprise one or more solvents which are miscible with the hydrophilic vehicle. The secondary rate controlling barrier includes a hydrogel-forming polymeric material dissolved or dispersed in the hydrophilic vehicle. The presence of the hydrogel-forming polymeric material makes extraction of the drug from the dosage form more difficult. This feature could be beneficial in preventing or minimizing the misuse of dosage forms which contain drugs which are prone to abuse.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg121218.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Banner Pharmacaps, Inc. 8 patentsUS company or organizationHigh Point, NCPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Karunakar SukuruHigh Point, NC10PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
A61KPreparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposesA61K9/4866PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2017-09-28Release of security interest
Release (reel 032403 / frame 0790)
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH signed 2017-09-21BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. HIGH POINT, NC44038/28ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2017-07-12Security interest Security interest
Notice of succession of agency for patent security interest previously recorded at reel/frame (032403/0790)
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS PRIOR AGENT signed 2017-06-20CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT NEW YORK, NY43173/5ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2017-06-29Assignment
Nunc pro tunc assignment
BANNER LIFE SCIENCES LLC signed 2017-06-22PATHEON SOFTGELS INC HIGH POINT, NC43032/619ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2015-11-05Correction
Corrective assignment to correct the nature of conveyance previously recorded at reel: 034359 frame: 872. assignor(s) hereby confirms the assignment.
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. signed 2014-11-21BANNER LIFE SCIENCES LLC HIGH POINT, NC37055/101ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2015-07-31Release of security interest
Release of security interest
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH signed 2015-07-31BANNER LIFE SCIENCES LLC HIGH POINT, NC36239/188ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2015-07-31Release of security interest
Release of security interest
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH signed 2015-07-31BANNER LIFE SCIENCES LLC HIGH POINT, NC
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. HIGH POINT, NC
36224/623ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2015-03-05Security interest Security interest
Security interest
BANNER LIFE SCIENCES LLC signed 2015-03-05UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT STAMFORD, CT35133/328ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2014-12-03Name change
Change of name
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. signed 2014-11-01BANNER LIFE SCIENCES LLC HIGH POINT, NC34359/872ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2014-04-23Release of security interest
Termination and release of security interest in patent rights
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. signed 2014-03-11BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. HIGH POINT, NC32745/454ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2014-03-11Security interest Security interest
Security interest
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. signed 2014-03-11UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT STAMFORD, CT32403/790ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2012-12-17Security interest Security interest
Security agreement
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. signed 2012-12-14MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT BALTIMORE, MD29481/962ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2007-01-16Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
SUKURU, KARUNAKAR signed 2006-11-02BANNER PHARMACAPS, INC. HIGH POINT, NC18760/655ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

USPTO bulk data: PatentsView granted patents, disambiguated (PVGPATDIS) for patents, assignees, inventors, places and CPC categories; the USPTO Patent Assignment Dataset (ECORSEXC) for assignments and security interests. Patents filed in the last 20 years. No claims or full text. Links to other records are by name (and state): EXACT means the identical full name and state; FUZZY means a looser name match, with the confidence shown.