Patents Examined by Michael Meller
  • Patent number: 9744200
    Abstract: A system for producing a blended extract of cannabinoids and terpenes, which extracts terpenes using supercritical CO2, and extracts a cannabinoid concentrate from the residual material using a cold ethanol flush followed by distillation; the CO2-extracted terpenes are then added back to the cannabinoid concentrate in a final blending step. Blending terpenes at the end of extraction may enhance the flavor and effectiveness of the cannabinoid concentrate. By separately extracting terpenes and cannabinoids, optimal processes and parameters may be used for each step. Blending may combine terpenes and cannabinoids in any desired ratio; for example, a terpene-to-cannabinoid ratio of approximately 1:10 may be used. The ethanol used in the cold ethanol extraction of cannabinoids may be recovered and reused for subsequent batches. Cannabinoid concentrates may be redistilled multiple times to enhance their concentration, followed by terpene blending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Oak and Crane, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Tucker, William Lee Fulton
  • Patent number: 9744381
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition that is suitable for influencing electromagnetic radiation on cutaneous extracellular matrix protein production. The composition contains (a) a proanthrocyanin, a polyphenol or a proanthrocyanin/polyphenol-containing plant extract, absorbed or adsorbed onto an inert carrier, where component (a) is responsive to UV, IR or visible light; (b) a photo-activatable amino acid or amino acids blend; and (c) a dermatologically-acceptable vehicle, wherein component (a) is present in an amount of from about 15 wt % to about 35 wt % based on the total amount of component (a) and component (b), said component (b) is present in an amount of from about 65 wt % to about 85 wt % based on the total amount of component (a) and component (b), and said component (c) is present in an amount of from about 90 wt % to about 99.95 wt % based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: ARCH CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: David Dru Horinek, James Vincent Gruber, Vito Thomas Cataldo, Robert Michael Klein
  • Patent number: 9744202
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for preventing and/or reducing hangover, when consumed before, after or during drinking alcohol. Compositions of the inventions include fructose powder, prickly pear extract, N-acetyl cysteine; kudzu; lemon balm; Vitamin C; nopal; white willow bark extract; milk thistle; Vitamin B1; Vitamin B6; lemon juice; acacia fiber; and other ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan Burg
  • Patent number: 9744204
    Abstract: Synergistic compositions of 4, 8, 12, and 13 medicinal components and various combinations thereof that provide multipath synergistic nutritional support for memory, cognition, and neuromuscular coordination in humans, cats, dogs, and horses and provide preventive treatments for various neurological diseases. The composition including a mixture of Astragalus membranaceus (Huang Qi) roots, gastrodia elata tuber, Vaccinium uliginosum berries, L-Theanine, Genistein, Berberine, Schisandra chinensis berry extract, lithium, selenium, piperine, Methyl Folate, and Astragaloside IV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventors: Bryant Richard Villeponteau, Cristina Rizza
  • Patent number: 9737582
    Abstract: A method and composition useful for improving memory of a subject are disclosed. The method comprises the step of administering the composition to the subject. The composition consists essentially of Cistanche extract and Ginkgo extract (e.g. as actives). In a first general embodiment, the extracts are present in a weight ratio (Cistanche to Ginkgo; or “C:G”) that is >2.5:1. In a second general embodiment, the extracts are present in a weight ratio that is <2.5:1. In embodiments of the first general embodiment, the composition comprises about 72-99 weight percent (wt. %) Cistanche tubulosa extract and about 1-28 wt. % Ginkgo biloba extract. In embodiments of the second general embodiment, the composition comprises about 50-70 wt. % Cistanche tubulosa extract and about 30-50 wt. % Ginkgo biloba extract. The Cistanche tubulosa extract is generally obtained from root material and the Ginkgo biloba extract is generally obtained from leaf material. The composition may also include inactives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: Dawna S. Salter Venzon, Mary A. Murray
  • Patent number: 9737477
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the use of a ginseng and tuber fleeceflower root complex polysaccharide in the preparation of health-care food having anti-aging efficacies, the complex polysaccharide is ginseng and tuber fleeceflower root complex polysaccharide, with ginseng and/or tuber fleeceflower root as raw material, the complex polysaccharide is obtained by water extraction, concentration and alcohol precipitation processes. The complex polysaccharide in the present invention, as proved by Caenorhabditis elegans model experiment, is able to prolong the average life span of wild-type, oxidation stress model and protein aggregation toxin model effectively, the effect pathway is closely related to improving anti-oxidation ability in C. elegans, inhibiting toxic aggregation protein stress, enhancing the activity of heat-block protein and regulating the crucial node of insulin signalling pathway, which demonstrates that it has good effect of delaying aging and preventing aging-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Infinitus (China) Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Minghua Hu, Ming Liang, Haifeng Li, Fangli Ma
  • Patent number: 9730970
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to seaweed extract compositions, processes for isolation, isolated active agents, and methods of treating disease, disorders and conditions in a subject, including, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated diseases and diseases mediated through the activation of the Nrf2-ARE (antioxidant response element) pathway, including proliferative diseases and disorders, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and certain diseases and disorders of aging and associated with aging and exposure, by use of the extracts, compounds, and compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Smithsonian Institution
    Inventors: Hendrik Luesch, Valerie J. Paul, Ranjala Ratnayake
  • Patent number: 9724377
    Abstract: A supplement that produces an increased feeling of alertness and reduces anxiety, or produce a feeling of calmness is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the supplement is all natural, and contains no or essentially no synthesized chemical. The supplement or the therapeutic ingredients, such as the ingredients within a capsule, may only contain plant matter. The plant matter may include plant roots and leaves, for example. The supplement and more specifically the active ingredient of the supplement may include, piper methysticum (kava kava root), brahmi (bacopa), ashwagandha (winter cherry). These three ingredients may be the primary active or therapeutic ingredients and may be provided in an effective amount to produce a feeling of alert calmness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Slick Hunting Products LLC
    Inventor: Shawn M Campbell
  • Patent number: 9717770
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides mixtures of prenylated flavonoids, stilbenes, or both with flavans or curcuminoids or both capable of useful for promoting, managing or improving bone health, cartilage health or both, or for preventing or treating a bone disorder, cartilage disorder or both. Such a mixture of prenylated flavonoids, stilbenes, or both with flavans or curcuminoids or both can optionally be used in combination with other bone and cartilage management agents, such as calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron, vitamin D, vitamin K, glucosamine and/or chondroitin compounds, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents/analgesics, COX/LOX inhibiting agents, neuropathic pain relief agents, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Unigen, Inc.
    Inventors: Lidia Alfaro Brownell, Min Chu, Mei-Feng Hong, Eu-Jin Hyun, Qi Jia, Ping Jiao, Hyun-Jin Kim, Mi-Ran Kim, Tae-Woo Kim, Young-Chul Lee, Jeong-Bum Nam, Mesfin Yimam
  • Patent number: 9713605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing or ameliorating the symptoms of arthritis or preventing or ameliorating cartilage destruction or chondrocyte death in a subject suffered from arthritis, comprising administrating the subject an effective amount of an active component selected from a compound, a mixture, and a mycelium prepared from Antrodia cinnamomea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Simpson Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Tso Chia, Chia-Chin Sheu
  • Patent number: 9707567
    Abstract: Oil is extracted from processed hemp which is better suited for transportation than whole hemp stalks particularly when oil extraction and initial processing of the hemp from the whole hemp stalks is performed at separate facilities. For example, the processed hemp may be characterized in that it was pelletized as part of its processing from the whole hemp stalks. Used processed hemp lacking/deprived of oil that is generated from the step of extracting the cannabinoid oil may be reused in a vendible product, for example where the lack of oil does not alter performance of the hemp in use of that vendible product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: HEMP SENSE INC.
    Inventor: Lyall D. Bates
  • Patent number: 9700684
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a system or method for applying a barrier composition to a targeted skin surface can be used to as a preventative measure to reduce the likelihood of transmission of microbial entities from an external source (e.g., a floor surface or another surface) to the targeted skin surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Preventamedics LLC
    Inventors: Aner Vlodaver, Benhoor Soumekh, Smarajit Mitra, Sumita B. Mitra
  • Patent number: 9694040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the extraction and hydrogenation of essential oil of a cannabis plant. The invention includes hydrogenated cannabis compounds and compositions, as well as methods of preparation and therapeutic uses for regressing tumors in a cancer patient. The extract can include 9-tetrahydrocannabinoic acid and 9-cannabidiolic acid, and the hydrogenated cannabis oil can include hydrogenated 9-tetrahydrocannabinoic acid, hydrogenated 9-cannabidioc acid and, mixtures and blends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Scialdone
  • Patent number: 9694041
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the milk yield and/or milk quality of a ruminant for milk production, to prevent or treat a perinatal disease of a ruminant, and to improve the reproductivity of ruminant. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the following is provided. An agent for improving at least one of milk yield and milk quality of a ruminant, comprising at least one of cashew nut shell liquid, heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol. An agent for preventing or treating a perinatal disease of a ruminant, comprising at least one of cashew nut shell liquid, heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol. An agent for improving reproductivity of a ruminant, comprising at least one of cashew nut shell liquid, heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, and cardol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kaneda, Masami Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9687442
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods and compositions useful for application to skin and hair comprising hydrolyzed algae extract, saccharide isomerate, and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle wherein the composition or method is capable of moisturizing and/or improving the appearance and/or condition of skin and/or hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Mary Kay Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany Carle, Bob Foley, Julia Collier, Wanli Zhao, Geetha Kalahasti
  • Patent number: 9675654
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of phytocannabinoids, either in an isolated form or in the form of a botanical drug substance (BDS) in the treatment of cancer. Preferably the cancer to be treated is cancer of the prostate, cancer of the breast or cancer of the colon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: GW Pharma Limited, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Limited
    Inventors: Daniela Parolaro, Paola Massi, Angelo Antonio Izzo, Francesca Borrelli, Gabriella Aviello, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Luciano De Petrocellis, Aniello Schiano Moriello, Alessia Ligresti, Ruth Alexandra Ross, Lesley Ann Ford, Sharon Anavi-Goffer, Manuel Guzman, Guillermo Velasco, Mar Lorente, Sofia Torres, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Geoffrey Guy, Colin Stott, Stephen Wright, Alan Sutton, David Potter, Etienne De Meijer
  • Patent number: 9675655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising black cumin (Nigelia sativa seed) oil, olive oil, tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) oil, cocoa butter, vitamin A or a derivative thereof, and vitamin B12 or a derivative thereof. The compositions of the present invention can be advantageously used in the in the treatment of dermatological conditions, disorders or diseases, in particular inflammatory dermatological diseases such as psoriasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Veit Hoermann Gesellschaft Für Unternehmenskommunikation mbH
    Inventor: Thaher Kamal
  • Patent number: 9675656
    Abstract: A cannabinoid troche including polyethylene glycol (or other base ingredients such as gelatin and/or pectin) and oils of peppermint, ginger, citrus, mango, etc., that is administered buccally and/or sublingually. This dosage form demonstrates an improved efficacy with reduced side effects when compared to formulations of cannabinoids in capsules, oral solutions, tinctures, sprays and edibles. The troches avoid harmful preservatives (e.g., BHT, BHA), heavy metals and stabilizers while addressing sub-therapeutic dosing and optimizing the synergistic qualities of the ratios of the individual cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids. The use of peppermint oil (and others) in the troche shows improved efficacy above and beyond that which is expected or seen without its use. The troches further allow for accurate and reproducible therapeutic effects with ease of dosage adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth L Crowley
  • Patent number: 9670268
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising an enzyme-treated human serum which is useful for treatment and prevention of diseases such as a cancer and an infectious disease, and a method of preparing the same. The present invention relates to a method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising an enzyme-treated human serum, comprising a step of bringing the human serum into contact with ?-galactosidase and, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an enzyme-treated human serum obtained by the preparation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAISEI MIRAI CLINIC
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uto, Hitoshi Hori, Toshio Inui, Kentaro Kubo
  • Patent number: 9669066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing Kaempferia parviflora Wall. Ex. Baker extracts for treating muscle diseases, and more specifically to a pharmaceutical composition containing, as an active ingredient, Kaempferia parviflora Wall. Ex. Baker extracts or flavone compound isolated therefrom for treating muscle diseases or a dietary composition for improving muscle function. Kaempferia parviflora Wall. Ex. Baker extracts or flavone compound isolated therefrom according to the present invention reduces protein catabolism in the muscles and increases muscle cell differentiation and anabolism, and is thus effective for preparing pharmaceutical composition for treating muscle diseases and dietary composition for improving muscle function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Jae-Kwan Hwang, Bo Kyung Sa, Tae Yoon Kim