Patents Assigned to The Howard Foundation
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Patent number: 10835509Abstract: A method for the prevention and/or treatment of dementia in a human subject; the method comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one carotenoid selected from the group consisting of lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin; and a composition comprising at least one omega-3 fatty acid.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: HOWARD FOUNDATION HOLDINGS LTD.Inventors: Alan Norman Howard, John Nolan, Riona Mulcahy
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Publication number: 20200197349Abstract: Disclosed is a method of improving the cognitive function of a cognitively healthy human adult, the method comprising administering to the human adult an effective amount of a composition comprising lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin and at least one omega-3 fatty acid, over a period of at least 24 months, the improved cognitive function being a detectable improvement in: spatial working memory as measured by the CANTAB Connect Research software SWM task; and/or reduced reaction time as measured by the CANTAB Connect Research Software RTI task.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Howard Foundation Holdings LtdInventors: Alan Norman HOWARD, Rebecca POWER, John NOLAN
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Publication number: 20190307715Abstract: A method for the prevention and/or treatment of mild cognitive impanment in a human subject; the method comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a composition comprising each of the following: lutein, zeaxanthin, meso-zeaxanthin, vitamin E, and at least one omega-3 fatty acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Howard Foundation Holdings LtdInventors: Alan Norman HOWARD, John NOLAN, Riona MULCAHY
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Publication number: 20190167624Abstract: A method for the prevention and/or treatment of dementia in a human subject; the method comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one carotenoid selected from the group consisting of lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin; and a composition comprising at least one omega-3 fatty acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Howard Foundation Holdings LtdInventors: Alan Norman HOWARD, John NOLAN, Riona MULCAHY
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Patent number: 9603813Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Publication number: 20160324800Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Patent number: 9463167Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Publication number: 20150297533Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Patent number: 8962043Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Publication number: 20140187648Abstract: A method of identifying a human subject, more likely than a subject selected at random from the general population, to have one or more of the following: (i) a low macular pigment concentration in the eye or eyes; (ii) a low visual performance, or (iii) an atypical “central dip” macular pigment distribution; the method comprising the steps of: measuring at least one cognitive function of the subject; comparing the measured cognitive function with a pre-determined threshold; and, if the measured cognitive function is below the threshold, declaring the subject as being more likely to have one or more of low macular pigment concentration in the eye or eyes, low visual performance or an atypical ‘central dip’ macular pigment profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: HOWARD FOUNDATION HOLDINGS LTD.Inventors: Alan N. Howard, John Nolan, Stephen Beatty
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Publication number: 20140187647Abstract: Systems and methods may be provided for improving the visual performance of a human subject without the need to test the macular pigment concentration in the eye or eyes of the subject. The method may include identifying a subject likely to have an atypical ‘central dip’ macular pigment distribution; and administering an amount of a macular pigment-containing composition sufficient to improve the visual performance of the subject. Identifying a human subject, more likely than a subject selected at random from the general population, to have an atypical ‘central’ dip macular pigment distribution may include measuring at least one cognitive function of the subject; comparing the measured cognitive function with a pre-determined threshold; and, if the measured cognitive function is below the threshold, declaring the subject as being more likely to have an atypical ‘central dip’ macular pigment profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: HOWARD FOUNDATION HOLDINGS LTD.Inventors: Alan N. Howard, John Nolan, Stephen Beatty
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Publication number: 20140120175Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: HOWARD FOUNDATION HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Patent number: 8623428Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Publication number: 20130011486Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Howard Foundation Holdings LimitedInventors: John Nolan, Stephen Beatty, James Loughman, Alan N. Howard, David Thurnham
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Patent number: 6642277Abstract: Disclosed is a plant-derived flavonol-containing dry composition suitable for human consumption, wherein at least 25% of the plant-derived material in the composition comprises polyphenols, together with uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: The Howard FoundationInventors: Alan Norman Howard, Shaja Vijay Nigdikar, Jayshri Rajput-Williams, Norman Ross Williams
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Patent number: 6569446Abstract: A method of increasing the solubility in water of a flavonol component of a flavonol-containing composition, the method including the steps of providing a flavonol-containing composition, providing an anthocyanin-containing composition and mixing the two compositions.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2000Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: The Howard FoundationInventor: Alan N. Howard
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Patent number: 6524611Abstract: A composition for human consumption, comprising creatine and creatinine, the latter being in sufficient quantity to render creatine in an aqueous medium substantially stable, and a method of making the composition is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: The Howard FoundationInventors: Alan N. Howard, Roger C. Harris
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Patent number: 6329432Abstract: Meso-zeaxanthin compositions for pharmaceutical use and use of meso-zeaxanthin to increase the deposition of macular pigment in the human eye, and for the therapeutic treatment or prophylaxis of diseases and disorders of the macula, in particular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: The Howard FoundationInventors: Alan Norman Howard, John T. Landrum, Richard A. Bone
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Patent number: 6274161Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for human consumption comprising creatine suspended in an edible supporting matrix, a method of making the composition, and a method of stably storing creatine-containing foodstuffs at ambient temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: The Howard FoundationInventors: Alan N Howard, Roger C Harris
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Publication number: 20010009926Abstract: Meso-zeaxanthin compositions for pharmaceutical use and use of meso-zeaxanthin to increase the deposition of macular pigment in the human eye, and for the therapeutic treatment or prophylaxis of diseases and disorders of the macula, in particular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2001Publication date: July 26, 2001Applicant: THE HOWARD FOUNDATIONInventors: Alan Norman Howard, John T. Landrum, Richard A. Bone