A61J 3/005
Coating of tablets or the like
Official title: {Coating of tablets or the like (coating of sweetmeats or confectionery A23G3/20; coating of granules in general B01J2/006)}
A61J3/005 (Coating of tablets or the like) appears on 287 US grants and 341 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 341
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and a drum coater for coating small items, such as tablets, and a coating system comprising such drum coaters6 Oct 2026US 12,751,900 B2
- Pharmaceutical composition comprising enzalutamide8 Sep 2026US 12,728,096 B2Synthon BV
- Apparatus for coating or encapsulating articles9 Jun 2026US 12,649,163 B2Romaco Tecpharm, S.L.
- Coatings for gastric residence dosage forms24 Mar 2026US 12,582,608 B2Nortiva Bio, Inc.
- System for molding and coating of pharmaceutical tablets17 Feb 2026US 12,551,407 B2Continuus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- A stable tablet-in-tablet composition for nausea vomiting in pregnancy20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240779 A1Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Biodegradable fuse-and-reservoir system for the pulsed delivery of bioactive agents18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165954 A1The University of Mississippi
- Tamper resistant dosage forms20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352480 A1Purdue Pharma L. P.
- Capsules and capsule coatings for gastric residence dosage forms30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332111 A1Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc.
- Finished pharmaceutical form with individual medicine dosing capability (embodiments) and methods of its production and use23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325451 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drug coding and delivery system196US 5,700,998 A1997
- Film-enrobed unitary-core medicament and the like165US 5,146,730 ABanner Gelatin Products Corp. · 1992
- Gelatin coated caplets and process for making same102US 4,820,524 AMcNeilab, Inc. · 1989
- Tablet enrobing apparatus101US 5,459,983 ABanner Gelatin Products Corp. · 1995
- Process for coating gelatin capsules94US 4,816,259 AChase Chemical Company, L.P. · 1989