TALC-FREE POLYVINYL ALCOHOL COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: MATTEUCCI MICHAL E, SHESKEY PAUL J, GARCIA TODD PAULA C, HOLBROOK DEBORA L, BALWINSKI KAREN M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.11.2014
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBINED OPERATIONS; CRANKCASE VENTILATING; CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS; WEAPONS

The present invention provides a talc-free composition characterizable as non-tacky and having an average water vapor permeability of at most 5.0 times 10−7 grams per Pascal-hour-meter and having a capability of forming a non-tacky film having an average water vapor permeability of at most 5.0 times 10−7 grams per Pascal-hour-meter. Also provided are the non-tacky film, a method of coating a dosage form with the composition, and a manufactured article comprising the composition.