Capsule-inspection apparatus
CA 2005648 C · Owner: Eli Lilly And Company · Inventors: Staples, Stephen Garret
Overview
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A capsule-inspection apparatus includes a base and a capsule-receiving tray slidable on the base to cause all of the capsules cradled in pockets formed in the tray to be turned simultaneously about their longitudinal axes to enhance visual inspection of substantially the entire exterior surface of the cradled capsules. An inspection mask is positionable on the tray to permit a user visually to inspect the coating dip line of coated caplets cradled in the tray quickly and easily to determine if the coating dip line is located substantially in the middle of the caplet to ensure that the caplet coating causes the caplet to resemble a two-piece capsule.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 15, 1989 and granted October 7, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 15, 2009.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 15, 2011.
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