Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Harman

Elizabeth Harman 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).

  • Rapid acting lactobacillus strains and their use to improve aerobic stability of silage
    Patent number: 9822334
    Abstract: A method for treating silage to enhance the aerobic stability by increasing the fermentation and stabilization of silage by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria and permitting earlier aerobic 5 exposure is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising Lactobacillus buchneri strain LN7125, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB5328, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB7123, and mixtures or a mutant thereof which retains the silage preservative activity of LN7125, LB5328, or LB7123, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby. The strains of Lactobacillus 10 buchneri and Lactobacillus brevis disclosed in the invention have been purified and isolated and have been found to improve aerobic stability of silage allowing earlier aerobic exposure post ensiling than is presently practiced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Harman, William Rutherford, Brenda Smiley
  • RAPID ACTING LACTOBACILLUS STRAINS AND THEIR USE TO IMPROVE AEROBIC STABILITY OF SILAGE
    Publication number: 20170208836
    Abstract: A method for treating silage to enhance the aerobic stability by increasing the fermentation and stabilization of silage by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria and permitting earlier aerobic exposure is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising Lactobacillus buchneri strain LN7125, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB5328, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB7123, and mixtures or a mutant thereof which retains the silage preservative activity of LN7125, LB5328, or LB7123, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth HARMAN, William RUTHERFORD, Brenda SMILEY
  • Rapid Acting Lactobacillus Strains and Their Use to Improve Aerobic Stability of Silage
    Publication number: 20150250207
    Abstract: A method for treating silage to enhance the aerobic stability by increasing the fermentation and stabilization of silage by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria and permitting earlier aerobic exposure is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising Lactobacillus buchneri strain LN7125, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB5328, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB7123, and mixtures or a mutant thereof which retains the silage preservative activity of LN7125, LB5328, or LB7123, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Harman, William Rutherford, Brenda Smiley