Patents Assigned to Morinda, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8535741
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and composition for providing in various health benefits by administering various bioactive compounds derived from the plant Morinda cirtrifolia to individuals. This invention relates to using one or more of the following: Noni Leaf Extract; Noni Leaf Juice; and/or Roast Leaf More particularly this invention relates to administering one or more of the following: Pyro-phorbide a, Pheophorbide a, Purpin 7, and/or Pheophorbide all which may be derived from Noni leaf extract, Noni leaf juice, and/or Roast leaf Moreover, the foregoing formulations result in alleviating pain and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing-Nan Zhou, Chen Su, Afa K. Palu, Brett J. West, Shixin Deng, Claude Jarakae Jensen, Stephen Story
  • Patent number: 8501245
    Abstract: Implementation is directed to selectively inhibiting estrogen production and providing estrogenic effects in a human body. A dietary supplement includes a processed Morinda citrifolia product that is used to inhibit aromatase or aromatase enzymes that function to convert androgens to estrogens, inhibit receptors from binding with estrogen, and reduce and/or regulate estrogen production, as well as reduce the amount of estrogen produced within the body and regulating such production. The dietary supplement further provides estrogenic effects. The present invention methods and compositions effectively function to treat estrogen-dependent cancers, and particularly inhibit, destroy, and reverse the effects of of estrogen-dependent cancerous tumors through the introduction into the body (e.g. ingesting) a safe, pre-determined dosage of a naturaceutical composition formulated with or comprising one or more processed Morinda citrifolia products for a safe, pre-determined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Mian Ying Wang, Chen Xing Su, Afa Kehaati Palu, Bing-Nan Zhou, Brett Justin West, Johannes Joseph Westendorf, Claude Jarakae Jensen, Stephen Paul Story
  • Patent number: 7186422
    Abstract: The present invention features a unique, natural formulation and method of administering the same to treat and prevent diabetes, or rather advances treatment of diabetes, by providing a naturaceutical composition or treatment formulated with one or more processed Morinda citrifolia products as derived from the Indian Mulberry plant. The Morinda citrifolia is particularly adapted to treat Type II diabetes. The Morinda citrifolia product is preferably a leaf extract, but may also be in the form of a juice, a puree juice, a dietary fiber, or other similar forms and is incorporated into various carriers or naturaceutical compositions suitable for in vivo treatment of a patient. The naturaceutical may also combine other food products into the naturaceutical, such as fruit juices, dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarakae Jensen, Afa Kehaati Palu, Hifumi Ohishi, Hisanori Tani
  • Patent number: 7144439
    Abstract: An eco-friendly fertilizer that acts as a plant growth promotion agent, soil improvement agent, bactericide and insecticide agent, disease and harmful insect prevention agent and the like, and is suitable for organic farming. The fertilizer contains extract from fruits, leaves, stems, seeds and/or roots of the Yaeyama Aoki and increases the amount of yield and extends the freshness period after harvest when applied to fruits, vegetables, leafy vegetables, root vegetables, grains as well as flowers and shrubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventor: Fumiyuki Isami
  • Patent number: 7122211
    Abstract: The present invention advances prior art toners by providing a toner formulated with Morinda Citrifolia, or Noni, from the Indian Mulberry plant. The addition of Noni to the toner of the present invention serves to provide significant skin care advantages not found in prior art toners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarkae Jensen, Heidi Robinson
  • Patent number: 7070813
    Abstract: The present invention features methods and formulations or compositions for the treatment of colon cancer, and particularly for the inhibition, prevention and/or reduction of cancerous cell growth, as well as the destruction of early stage cancerous cells within the colon region of a mammal, wherein the formulations and compositions comprise an identified amount or concentration of a processed Morinda citrifolia product or an active ingredient there from, as obtained from the Indian Mulberry plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarakae Jensen, Afa Kehaati Palu, Stephen P. Story, Summer Jensen, Chen Su
  • Patent number: 7048952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to antifungal and antibacterial activity of processed Morinda citrifolia products, as well as from various fractions of extracts from these processed products and the Morinda citrifolia L. plant, and related methods to determine mean inhibitory concentrations. In particular, the present invention relates to ethanol, methanol and ethyl acetate extracts from Morinda citrifolia L. and their inhibitory activities on common fungi and bacteria and the identification of mean inhibitory concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Gerson, Afa Kehaati Palu, Bing-Nan Zhou, Chen Su, Claude Jarakae Jensen, Stephen P. Story, Robert V. Ogden
  • Patent number: 7033624
    Abstract: The present invention embraces methods for improved treatment of osteoarthritis by featuring a naturaceutical formulation or composition for treating osteoarthritis and its associated or related conditions. The present invention further features methods of treating osteoarthritis and its related conditions. In particular, the present invention relates to providing a treatment for osteoarthritis that includes one or more processed products described below as derived and produced from the Indian Mulberry plant, scientifically known as Morinda citrifolia L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarakae Jensen, Afa Kehaati Palu
  • Patent number: 7018662
    Abstract: A method of preventing and treating various ailments and diseases by utilizing the Cox-2 selective inhibition characteristics of processed Morinda citrifolia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarakae Jensen, Chen Su, Jonathan William Fritz
  • Patent number: 7014873
    Abstract: The present invention features a novel use of processed ingredients from the Indian mulberry plant, and particularly a novel use of one or more processed Morinda citrifolia-based naturaceutical formulations comprising one or more of a processed Morinda citrifolia fruit juice, puree juice, oil or oil extract, dietary fiber, alcohol extract, etc., for inhibiting and preventing the overgrowth of Candida fungus and for treating Candidiasis and its associated symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Justin West, Claude Jarakae Jensen, Afa Kehaati Palu, Robert V. Ogden, Scott Gerson
  • Patent number: 6855354
    Abstract: The use of an improved method for freeze concentration is disclosed. The method provides for first freezing components of a pulpy slurry of Morinda citrifolia. More dilute components are extracted after the initial freezing. A secondary freezing process at a lower temperature allows more concentrated portions of a Morinda citrifolia slurry to be removed. Flavor and therapeutic oils remain in the resulting concentrate for improved flavor and health benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarakae Jensen, Brett J. West, Robert V. Ogden, Stephen P. Story
  • Patent number: 6855345
    Abstract: The present invention features a unique, natural formulation and method of administering the same to treat and prevent diabetes, or rather advances treatment of diabetes, by providing a naturaceutical composition or treatment formulated with one or more processed Morinda citrifolia products as derived from the Indian Mulberry plant. The Morinda citrifolia is particularly adapted to treat Type II diabetes. The Morinda citrifolia product is preferably a leaf extract, but may also be in the form of a juice, a puree juice, a dietary fiber, or other similar forms and is incorporated into various carriers or naturaceutical compositions suitable for in vivo treatment of a patient. The naturaceutical may also combine other food products into the naturaceutical, such as fruit juices, dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarakae Jensen, Afa Kehaati Palu, Hifumi Ohishi, Hisanori Tani
  • Patent number: 6737089
    Abstract: The present invention advances prior art animal food products by providing an animal food product formulated with Morinda Citrifolia, or Noni, from the Indian Mulberry plant. The addition of Noni to the animal food product of the present invention serves to provide significant health advantages not found in prior art animal food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Wadsworth, Stephen P. Story, Claude Jarkae Jensen
  • Patent number: 6589514
    Abstract: The present invention advances prior art intensive repair serums by providing an intensive repair serum formulated with Morinda citrifolia from the Indian Mulberry plant. The addition of Morinda citrifolia to the serum of the present invention serves to provide significant skin care advantages not found in prior art intensive repair serums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Jarkae Jensen, Heidi Robinson
  • Patent number: 6528106
    Abstract: A dietary fiber product obtained from the Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) plant and the process of extracting and purifying the fiber is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the Indian mulberry pulp is washed and separated from the juice by filtration. The wet pulp is pasteurized. The wet pulp can be further processed by drying. A high fiber products can be prepared by mixing the pulp with ingredients, such as supplemental dietary fiber, water, sweeteners, flavoring agents, coloring agents, and nutritional ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Wadsworth, Stephen P. Story, C. Jarakae Jensen
  • Patent number: 6417157
    Abstract: An essential oil product obtained from the Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) plant and the process of extracting and purifying the oil is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the seeds from the Indian mulberry fruit are dried, preferably to a moisture content less than 10%. The seeds are ground or shredded to facilitate the removal of natural occurring oil. The shredded or ground flakes are pressed to expel Morinda citrifolia oil. The remaining seed cake is then mixed with a food grade, non-polar extraction solvent such as hexane. The mixture is heated for a sufficient length of time to complete the extraction process. The extraction solvent is then evaporated from the mixture leaving the Morinda citrifolia oil. The oil is further refined, bleached, dried, and deodorized to remove free fatty acids and other unwanted components. An antioxidant can optionally be added to stabilize the oil for further processing or packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Wadsworth, Stephen P. Story
  • Patent number: 6254913
    Abstract: A dietary fiber product obtained from the Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) plant and the process of extracting and purifying the fiber is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the Indian mulberry pulp is washed and separated from the juice by filtration. The wet pulp is pasteurized. The wet pulp can be further processed by drying. A high fiber products can be prepared by mixing the pulp with ingredients, such as supplemental dietary fiber, water, sweeteners, flavoring agents, coloring agents, and nutritional ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Wadsworth, Stephen P. Story, C. Jarakae Jensen
  • Patent number: D445696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Matauch
  • Patent number: D494854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Matauch
  • Patent number: D684824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Morinda, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Sweet, Stephen Phung