ORAL DELIVERY OF DISCRETE UNITS - Patent 0840591

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EP 0 840 591 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/20

(21)	Application number: 96924555.0

(22)	Date of filing: 17.07.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A47G 21/ 18^{( . )}
A61J 15/ 00^{( . )}

A61J 7/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/011812

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/003634 (06.02.1997 Gazette 1997/07)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

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Priority:

21.07.1995 US 19950131995
03.01.1996 US 19960582544

(60)	Divisional application:
	00200063.6 / 0988850

(71)	Applicant: ALZA CORPORATION
	Palo Alto California 94303-0802 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WONG, Patrick, S.-L. Palo Alto, CA 94306 (US) ROSEN, Howard, B. Los Gatos, CA 95030 (US) ROTH, Nathan San Francisco, CA 94133 (US) GARDNER, Phyllis, L. Stanford, CA 94305 (US)

(74)	Representative: Crump, Julian Richard John, et al
	F J Cleveland & Company, 40/43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)

(54)	ORAL DELIVERY OF DISCRETE UNITS