Patents by Inventor Emmett B. Shotts, Jr.

Emmett B. Shotts, 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).

  • Biological control of food pathogens in livestock
    Patent number: 6083500
    Abstract: The invention includes novel strains of E. coli and methods for treating livestock with strains of the invention to inhibit growth of S. typhimurium as well as other pathogenic enterobacteria, such as E. coli 0157:H7, in the intestinal tract of treated animals. By inhibiting growth of such contaminant pathogenic organisms in the intestinal tract of treated animals, the number of such organisms living in the animals, or excreted into the environment, is reduced or eliminated. The potential for re-introduction and for contamination of meat and other products is concomitantly reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Wooley, Emmett B. Shotts, Jr.
  • Chondroitinase attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri and a vaccine for prevention of enteric septicemia (es) in fish
    Patent number: 5536658
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chondroitinase attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacteria. Further, this invention provides a vaccine comprising a protective amount of a chondroitinase attenuated strain of Edwardsiella ictduri bacteria and a method for protecting a fish from Enteric Septicemia comprising administering the vaccine to the fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: The University of Georgia Research Foundation
    Inventors: Emmett B. Shotts, Jr., Richard K Cooper, II