Patents by Inventor Kevin C. Somerville

Kevin C. Somerville 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).

  • Antibody-containing blend obtained from eggs
    Publication number: 20040120944
    Abstract: The invention relates to blending eggs from lots produced over the course of the egg laying cycle of immunized avians, to form an antibody-containing blend containing both early-stage antibodies and late-stage antibodies. The administration of an effective amount of such an antibody-containing blend to a subject increases the efficacy of the antibody blend its ability to bind antigen over that of a substance containing the same amount of antibody obtained from eggs containing either early-stage antibodies or late-stage antibodies only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Hunchar, Leslie A. Confer, Kevin C. Somerville
  • Supplemented antibody feed to enter the circulating system of newborns
    Patent number: 6729265
    Abstract: A method for supplementing new antibody or adding additional titer of an already present antibody into the circulating system in a newborn by feeding antibody to the newborn within the first few days of its life. The antibody is preferably obtained from the egg of an immunized mother and fed to the newborn within the first 24 hours of its life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Arkion Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Leslie A. Confer, Jeffrey G. Hunchar, Kevin C. Somerville
  • SUPPLEMENTED ANTIBODY FEED TO ENTER THE CIRCULATING SYSTEM OF NEWBORNS
    Publication number: 20040000272
    Abstract: A method for supplementing new antibody or adding additional titer of an already present antibody into the circulating system in a newborn by feeding antibody to the newborn within the first few days of its life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Leslie A. Confer, Jeffrey G. Hunchar, Kevin C. Somerville