Patents by Inventor Anthony Bird

Anthony 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).

  • Method and means for improving bowel health
    Publication number: 20060286186
    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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Anthony Bird, Gulay Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Topping, Matthew Morell
  • Method and means for improving bowel health
    Publication number: 20060204597
    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: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Anthony Bird, Gulay Mann, Sadequr Rahman, Ahmed Regina, Zhongyi Li, David Topping, Matthew Morell