Patents and Selected Publications

Use of 3D printing for anticounterfeiting, US11,666,972 (June 2023), Gary E. Ritchie, Sharon Flank, William H. Flank, Rebecca Maksimovic

Drug Authentication US8,719,043, (May 2014), James Polli, Stephen Hoag

Data word analysis by spectroscopy US8,517,274 (August 2013), Emil W. Ciurczak, Sharon Flank, William H. Flank, Vojislav Maksimovic, Gary E. Ritchie, Donna Romer

Spectrometric analysis of fluids in-situ, US7,952,710 (May 2011), Emil W. Ciurczak, Sharon Flank, William H. Flank, Sandra Glassman Flank, Carl Oppedahl

Ritchie, G.E., Validation, Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis, Fourth Edition (In-Press) 2020

Acevedo, R., Restaino, M.A., Yu, D., Hoag, S.W., Flank, S. and Sochol, R.D. “3D Nanoprinted Liquid-Core-Shell Microparticles,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2020, 29 (5), 924-929. Doi: 10.1109/JMEMS.2020.3000479

Flank, S., “Legal Issues in IP Protection for Additive Manufacturing,” Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, 2017.

Flank, S., Nassar, A. R., Simpson, T. W., Nathan Valentine, N., and Edmond Elburn, E. “Fast Authentication of Metal Additive Manufacturing,” 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 2017.

Ritchie, Gary, E., The FDA Group White Paper, The Importance of CGMP to the Safety of Compounded Drugs: How Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) Offer a Reliable Remedy to Poorly Compounded Drugs, November 2017

Ritchie, Gary, E., American Pharmaceutical Review, Regulatory and Quality Considerations for Raw Material Identification by Portable, Handheld, and Miniature Spectrometers in the Manufacture of Drug Products and Compounded Sterile Preparations, February 2017

Ritchie, Gary E. Ciurczak, Emil W. and Flank, Sharon, CEO, Validating a DR-NIRS Method for Measuring a Coating on a Highly Scattering Surface, NIRnews, Vol. 25 No. 8 December 2014

Ritchie, Gary E., MS, Emerging Options for Worldwide Authentication and Counterfeit Detection, American Pharmaceutical Review, January/February 2015

Ritchie, G.E., Flank, S., Hoag S., Gao, X., Light-Based Verification: Brand Protection through Product and Package Chemical Fingerprints, http://www.spectroscopy-solutions.org, September 2014

Ritchie, Gary E., Flank, Sharon, Advances in Applying Near-Infrared Measurements to Cell Cultures and Fermentation Processes, Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ

Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Applications of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy  

Organized by the Coblentz Society, November 19, 2014 (Invited)