Filed Oct. 9, 1996

Serial No. 75179140

Registered Feb. 29, 2000

Registration No. 2,322,688

Class [ capsules for the oral administration of one or more medicinal and/or nutritional active principles (AP) and each providing a sustained and a controlled release of the AP in the small intestine, where the active principle can be antiulcer, antidiabetic, anticoagulant, antithrombic, hypolipaemic, antiarrhythmic, vasodilatory, antianginal, antihypertensive, and vasoprotective agents, fertility enhancers, labor inducers and inhibitors, and contraceptive, antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiepileptic, antiparkinsonian, neuroleptic, hypnotic, anxiolytic, psychostimulatory, antimigraine, antidepressant, antitussive, antihistamine or anti-allergic agents, such as but not limited to acetylsalicylic acid, pentoxifyllin, prazosin, acyclovir, nifedipin, diltiazem, naproxen, ibuprofen, flurbiprofen, ketoprofen, fenoprofen, indomethacin, diclofenac, fenitazac, oestradiol valerate, metoprolol, sulpiride, captopril, cimetidin, zidovudin, nicardipin, terfanadin, atenolol, salbutamol, carbamazepin, ranitidin, enalapril, simvastatin, fluoxetin, alprazolam, famotidin, ganciclovir, famiciclovir, spironolacton, 5-ASA, quinidin, perindopril, morphin, pentazocin, paracetamol, omeprazol, metoclopramid and mixtures thereof, and where the active principle can also be medicinal-nutritional and/or dietary supplements of mixtures thereof, such as but not limited to vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, trace elements or mixtures thereof ]; 006; 018; 044; 046; 051; 052; 100; 101