US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 468
.~.~ Sustained or differential release type

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424 /   HD   DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY TREATING COMPOSITIONS

400  DF  PREPARATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY SPECIAL PHYSICAL FORM {12}
464  DF  .~ Tablets, lozenges, or pills {5}
468.~.~ Sustained or differential release type {3}
469  DF  .~.~.~> Discrete particles in supporting matrix {1}
471  DF  .~.~.~> Plural concentric cores
472  DF  .~.~.~> Layered unitary dosage forms {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 424/468

Sustained or differential release type:

(under subclass 464) Subject matter in which the timing or spacing of administration or absorption of an active ingredient in a system (e.g., animal body) is regulated by the structure or physical arrangement of elements so that a single administration provides: (a) a gradual but continuous feeding of the active ingredient to the system by slow release or (b) discontinuous feeding in two or more distinct stages.

(1) Note. An enteric coated medicament, per se, is not considered to be within the scope of this or the indented subclasses. Such a product, generally is a form, or with a coating, designed to enable physical passage through or to resist the acid gastric juices for eventual dissolution or use through or in the intestines, is classified elsewhere below, for example, on the basis of the particular disclosed enteric coating. Patents placed in this subclass, however, may claim an enteric coating. Patents placed in this subclass, however, may claim an enteric coating in addition to a sustained release or differential release mechanism as defined.

(2) Note. A claimed composition which does not recite structure, but is disclosed to have a sustained release or differential release action, is classified elsewhere according to the nature of the ingredients therein, see, for example, subclass 78.01 which provides for the combination of an active ingredient bound to an ion exchange type synthetic

resin or subclass 48 in which active ingredients distributed homogeneously throughout a chewing gum base are released progressiviely therefrom by chewing and mixing with saliva.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

422+, for an implant or insert for sustained release of a drug.

449, for a transdermal or percutaneous bandage for sustained release of a drug.

457, for a sustained or differential release composition in a capsule.