Patents by Inventor Christopher May

Christopher May 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).

  • Delivery system for antimethanogenic agents
    Patent number: 6251879
    Abstract: A delivery system is provided to reduce methane production in animals or to improve the weight gain of an animal. Embodiments include a delivery system comprising a volatile and/or water soluble antimethanogenic agent with cyclodextrin or a cyclodextrin-like compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Christopher May, Alan Lindsay Payne, Philip Laurence Stewart, John Alexander Edgar
  • Delivery system for antimethanogenic agents
    Patent number: 5972910
    Abstract: A delivery system is provided to reduce methane production in animals or to improve the weight gain of an animal. Embodiments include a delivery system comprising a volatile and/or water soluble antimethanogenic agent with cyclodextrin or a cyclodextrin-like compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Christopher May, Alan Lindsay Payne, Philip Laurence Stewart, John Alexander Edgar
  • Tremolo system for stringed instruments
    Patent number: 5381716
    Abstract: A tremolo system for a stringed instrument includes a base plate (10) secured to the upper surface of the body (2) of the instrument and provided with a transverse slot (12) feeding into a hollow volume (6) within the body (2), the base plate carrying a pair of laterally opposed first bearing portions (20) located within the body (2) one below each end of the transverse slot (12), and a block member (22) carrying second bearing portions (24) co-operating with the first bearing portions (20) whereby the block member (22) is pivotal about an axis extending transversely of the body (2) below the upper surface thereof. A tremolo lever (30) is secured to an upper extent (26) of the block member (22) projecting from the slot (8), while resilient mechanisms (34) react between a lower extent (36) of the block member (22) and the body (2) to maintain the block member (22) in a position of equilibrium against the tension of the strings (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Inventors: Christopher May, John Wakefield