Patents Assigned to Microbia, Inc.
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Publication number: 20200239829Abstract: There is provided viable Escherichia coli (E. coli) embedded in a matrix, wherein said matrix has a water activity (aw)?0.3, and wherein said matrix comprises a hydrocolloid-forming polysaccharide, a second polysaccharide which is different from the first polysaccharide, and a disaccharide which includes sucrose, trehalose, or a combination thereof. There is also provided methods of making same and use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventor: Eric Nadeau
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Publication number: 20200199520Abstract: There is provided viable Escherichia coli (E. coli) embedded in a matrix, wherein said matrix has a water activity (aw)?0.3, and wherein said matrix comprises a hydrocolloid-forming polysaccharide, a second polysaccharide which is different from the first polysaccharide, and a disaccharide which includes sucrose, trehalose, or a combination thereof. There is also provided methods of making same and use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventor: Eric Nadeau
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Publication number: 20190166881Abstract: There is provided an animal feed pellet comprising viable non-pathogenic E. coli bacteria incorporated into the feed pellet in an amount sufficient for affording a benefit to an animal having ingested the animal feed. There is also provided methods of making same and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventor: Eric Nadeau
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Patent number: 10258654Abstract: There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: PREVTEC MICROBIA INC.Inventors: John Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Publication number: 20180030400Abstract: There is provided viable Escherichia coli (E. coli) embedded in a matrix, wherein said matrix has a water activity (aw)?0.3, and wherein said matrix comprises a hydrocolloid-forming polysaccharide, a second polysaccharide which is different from the first polysaccharide, and a disaccharide which includes sucrose, trehalose, or a combination thereof. There is also provided methods of making same and use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventor: Eric Nadeau
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Publication number: 20180008651Abstract: There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventors: John Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Patent number: 9861665Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of F4+ non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strains to promote growth in an animal. The present invention also relates to the use of such strains to homogenize growth among a herd of animals. More specifically, the animal(s) of interest in the present invention are those wherein growth promotion or growth homogenization are desired goals, such as animals reared for meat production. The present invention further relates to a method for promoting growth of an animal as well as a method for homogenizing growth among a herd of animals.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventors: Eric Nadeau, John Morris Fairbrother
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Patent number: 9775867Abstract: There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: PREVTEC MICROBIA INC.Inventors: John Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Publication number: 20160361369Abstract: There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventors: John Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Patent number: 9452188Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of F4+ non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strains to promote growth in an animal. The present invention also relates to the use of such strains to homogenize growth among a herd of animals. More specifically, the animal(s) of interest in the present invention are those wherein growth promotion or growth homogenization are desired goals, such as animals reared for meat production. The present invention further relates to a method for promoting growth of an animal as well as a method for homogenizing growth among a herd of animals.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventors: Eric Nadeau, John Morris Fairbrother
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Patent number: 9453195Abstract: There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: PREVTEC MICROBIA INC.Inventors: John Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Publication number: 20150152377Abstract: There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventors: John Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Publication number: 20120149886Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoids.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2009Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: Richard B. Bailey, Kevin T. Madden, Joshua Trueheart, Reed Doten, Maria Mayorga, Joshua Griffin Dunn, Dan Dueppen
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Publication number: 20110021843Abstract: The present invention provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoidsType: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: Richard Bailey, Kevin T. Madden, Joshua Trueheart
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Patent number: 7851199Abstract: The present invention provides systems for producing engineered oleaginous yeast or fungi that express carotenoids.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Microbia, Inc.Inventors: Richard Bailey, Kevin T. Madden, Joshua Trueheart
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Publication number: 20090253634Abstract: The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastnoesophageal reflux disease (GERD), duodenogastric reflux, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudo-obstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g. constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation (post-operative ileus), and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders using peptides and other agents that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2006Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: Mark G. Currie, Shalina Mahajan-Miklos, Angelika Fretzen, Li Jing Sun, Caroline Kurtz, G. Todd Milne, Thea Norman, Shannon Roberts, E. Kelly Sullivan
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Publication number: 20090186834Abstract: Various azetidinone, pyrrolidine, imidazolidine, and oxazolidine derivatives are described, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treatment of diseases using these compounds. Other embodiments are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2006Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: John Talley, Eduardo Martinez, Daniel Zimmer, Regina Lundrigan
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Publication number: 20090131395Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical genus of 4-biphenyl-1-phenylazetidin-2-ones useful in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and other disorders. The compounds have the general formula I: Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cholesterol- and lipid-associated diseases are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Antonelli, Regina Lundrigan, Eduardo J. Martinez, Wayne C. Schairer, John J. Talley, Timothy C. Barden, JingJing Yang, Daniel P. Zimmer
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Publication number: 20090099355Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the production of 4-(biphenylyl)azetidin-2-one phosphonic acid derivatives of formulaType: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2006Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: Stephen Antonelli, Timothy C. Barden, Peter Lee, Eduardo J. Martinez, Wayne C. Schairer, John J. Talley
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Publication number: 20090054319Abstract: The use of guanylin potentiating agents for treating various disorders, including hypertension as well as IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, colonic pseudo-obstruction, Crohn's disease, duodenogastric reflux, dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, nonulcer dyspepsia, a functional gastrointestinal disorder, functional heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastroparesis, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, post-operative ileus, ulcerative colitis, chronic constipation, and disorders and conditions associated with constipation is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: MICROBIA, INC.Inventors: John Jeffrey Talley, Mark G. Currie, Shannon Roberts