 |
Polygenetics, Inc. |
Patents & Publications
Patents
Polygenetics offers licenses to pharmaceutical companies interested in the benefits of combination products involving their drugs and Cavilink porous polymers. Polygenetics offers substantial IP protection. Three patent applications were submitted in 2007 and at least two applications will be submitted in 2008. Polygenetics will be able to offer up to twenty years of patent protection to its licensees. Below is a list of issued patents covering this technology.
Licenses are available under the patents listed in the table below. You can read and/or print the entire patent by clicking on the hyperlink for each patent number. Patents are presented as PDF files.
| Patent no. |
Inventor and title |
| 5,583,162 | Li, Nai-Hong, Benson, J.R. (1996) "Polymeric Microbeads and Method of Preparation" |
| 5,653,922 | Li, Nai-Hong, Benson, J.R. and Kitagawa, Naotaka (1997) "Polymeric Microbeads and Method of Preparation" |
| 5,760,097 | Li, Nai-Hong, Benson, J.R. and Kitagawa, Naotaka (1998) "Methods of Preparing Polymeric Microbeads" |
| 5,863,957 | Li, Nai-Hong, Benson, J.R. and Kitagawa, Naotaka (1999) "Polymeric Microbeads" |
| 6,100,306 | Li, Nai-Hong, Benson, J.R. and Kitagawa, Naotaka (2000) "Polymeric Microbeads and Method of Preparation" |
| 6,048,908 | Kitagawa, Naotaka (2000) "Hydrophilic Polymeric Microbeads" |
| 6,218,440 | Kitagawa, Naotaka (2001) "Hydrophilic Polymeric Microbeads and Method of Preparation" |
| EP 0764047 | Li, Nai-Hong, Benson, J.R. and Kitagawa, Naotaka (2003) "Polymeric Microbeads and Method of Preparation" |
| EP 0993337 | Kitagawa, Naotaka (2004) "Hydrophilic Polymer Material and Method of Preparation" |
To obtain the Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download for PDF documents) go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Publications
Polymer Technology. You can read about the underlying porous polymer technology in a paper published by Dr. Benson, "Highly Porous Polymers", American Laboratory (May, 2003): Highly Porous Polymers
Drug Delivery You can read about zero-order drug delivery technology in the papers below:
Benson, J. (2008) "Cavilink Drug Delivery Technology". This monograph presents an overview of the technology, supplies the latest data on drug delivery, and discusses how a customer may obtain access to the technology through development and licensing programs: Drug Delivery Monograph.
Landgraf, W., Li, N-H, Benson, J. (2003) "Polymer microcarriers exhibiting zero-order release", Drug Delivery Technology, Jan-Feb Vol. 3 (1) 56-63: Zero Order Release 2003
Landgraf, W., Li, N-H, Benson, J. (2005) "New polymer enables near zero-order release of drugs", Drug Delivery Technology, Feb Vol. 5 (2) 48-55: Zero Order Release 2005