Patents by Inventor David Tate, JR.

David Tate, JR. 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).

  • Zinc-monocysteine complex and method of using zinc-cysteine complexes
    Publication number: 20100324322
    Abstract: A method of providing zinc to a subject in need of treatment includes administering to the subject an effective amount of a zinc-cysteine complex. The zinc-cysteine complex is preferably a zinc-monocysteine complex. The complexes of zinc-cysteine of the present invention increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes catalase and glutathione peroxidase, and the antioxidant protein metallothionein. The complexes of zinc-cysteine of the present invention protect retinal pigment epithelial cells from increasing hydrogen peroxide concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: David A. Newsome, David Tate, JR.