Patents by Inventor C. Michael Koepke

C. Michael Koepke 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).

  • Antioxidant Compositions and Methods Thereto
    Publication number: 20110256248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a performance assay that measures the total antioxidant activity of a composition using oxygen uptake in contrast to prior art methods that measure antioxidant capacity by indirectly measuring degradation of a fluorescent compound by following the disappearance of fluorescence. Using the performance antioxidant assay of the present invention, an antioxidant composition having synergistic activity is provided by the present inventors that includes flavonoids such as the flavonol quercetin, mixed tocopherols or tocotrienols, grape skin extract, green tea extract and bush plum. The antioxidant activity of the present composition exceeds 6,000 micromoles Trolox equivalent units per gram using the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: MANNATECH, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bill H. McAnalley, Eileen Vennum, Shayne A. McAnalley, C. Michael Koepke
  • Antioxidant compositions and methods thereto
    Patent number: 7999003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a performance assay that measures the total antioxidant activity of a composition using oxygen uptake in contrast to prior art methods that measure antioxidant capacity by indirectly measuring degradation of a fluorescent compound by following the disappearance of fluorescence. Using the performance antioxidant assay of the present invention, an antioxidant composition having synergistic activity is provided by the present inventors that includes flavonoids such as the flavonol quercetin, mixed tocopherols or tocotrienols, grape skin extract, green tea extract and bush plum. The antioxidant activity of the present composition exceeds 6,000 micromoles Trolox equivalent units per gram using the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Mannatech, Incorporated
    Inventors: Bill H. McAnalley, Eileen Vennum, Shayne A. McAnalley, C. Michael Koepke