Patents by Inventor Anthony Richard Bird

Anthony Richard Bird 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).

  • WHEAT HAVING HIGH LEVELS OF BETA-GLUCAN
    Publication number: 20160251670
    Abstract: The present invention provides wheat grain comprising (1,3;1,4)-?-D-glucan (BG). The wheat grain is characterised by one or more of the following features; a BG content of at least 3% (w/w); the BG of the grain has a DP3/DP4 ratio between about 1.0 and about 2.0 or between about 1.0 and 2.3; and the BG is partially water soluble such that between 8.0% and about 25% or between about 10% and about 25% of the BG of the grain is water soluble. The present invention also provides uses of this grain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Alan Jobling, Damien Paul Belobrajdic, Anthony Richard Bird
  • Method and means for improving bowel health
    Patent number: 8501262
    Abstract: A method and composition for improving one or more indicators of bowel health or metabolic health in a mammalian animal. This comprises the delivering to the gastrointestinal tract of the animal an effective amount of an altered wheat starch in the form of or derived from the grain of a wheat plant. The proportion of amylose in the starch of the grain is at least 30% and/or the grain comprises a reduced level of SBEIIa enzyme activity and/or protein relative to wild-type grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Anthony Richard Bird, Gulay Saygat Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Lloyd Topping, Matthew Kennedy Morell
  • Method and means for improving bowel health
    Publication number: 20110212916
    Abstract: A method and composition for improving one or more indicators of bowel health or metabolic health in a mammalian animal. This comprises the delivering to the gastrointestinal tract of the animal an effective amount of an altered wheat starch in the form of or derived from the grain of a wheat plant. The proportion of amylose in the starch of the grain is at least 30% and/or the grain comprises a reduced level of SBEIIa enzyme activity and/or protein relative to wild-type grain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Anthony Richard Bird, Gulay Saygat Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Lloyd Topping, Matthew Kennedy Morell
  • Method and means for improving bowel health
    Patent number: 7993686
    Abstract: A method and composition for improving one or more indicators of bowel health or metabolic health in a mammalian animal. This comprises the delivering to the gastrointestinal tract of the animal an effective amount of an altered wheat starch in the form of or derived from the grain of a wheat plant. The proportion of amylose in the starch of the grain is at least 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, Limagrain Cereales Ingredients SA
    Inventors: Anthony Richard Bird, Gulay Saygat Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Lloyd Topping, Matthew Kennedy Morell
  • Method and means for improving bowel health
    Patent number: 7700139
    Abstract: A method and composition for improving one or more indicators of bowel health or metabolic health in a mammalian animal. This comprises the delivering to the gastrointestinal tract of the animal an effective amount of an altered wheat starch in the form of or derived from the grain of a wheat plant. The proportion of amylose in the starch of the grain is at least 30% and/or the grain comprises a reduced level of SBEIIa enzyme activity and/or protein relative to wild-type grain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Limagrain Cereales Ingredients SA
    Inventors: Anthony Richard Bird, Gulay Saygat Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Lloyd Topping, Matthew Kennedy Morell