Patents by Inventor Ann Marian Donoghue

Ann Marian Donoghue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods of selecting and using therapeutic and prophylactic probiotic cultures to reduce bacterial pathogen loads
    Patent number: 9107938
    Abstract: Methods are provided for selecting a bacterium capable of reducing pathogenic bacterial colonization of the intestinal tract in a subject comprising selecting the bacterium capable of migrating at least 0.75 cm from the point of inoculation on motility agar after incubation for 24 hours at 37° C. or capable of migrating from the point of inoculation to a diameter of at least 1.5 cm based on the farthest colonies from the point of inoculation on motility agar after incubation for 24 hours at 37° C. Bacteria selected using the method and compositions comprising these bacteria are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Daniel James Donoghue, Ann Marian Donoghue
  • Methods of Selecting and Using Therapeutic and Prophylactic Probiotic Cultures to Reduce Bacterial Pathogen Loads
    Publication number: 20130323218
    Abstract: Methods are provided for selecting a bacterium capable of reducing pathogenic bacterial colonization of the intestinal tract in a subject comprising selecting the bacterium capable of migrating at least 0.75 cm from the point of inoculation on motility agar after incubation for 24 hours at 37° C. or capable of migrating from the point of inoculation to a diameter of at least 1.5 cm based on the farthest colonies from the point of inoculation on motility agar after incubation for 24 hours at 37° C. Bacteria selected using the method and compositions comprising these bacteria are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Daniel James Donoghue, Ann Marian Donoghue