Patents by Inventor Heather Marks

Heather Marks 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).

  • Identification of the causative mutation for leopard complex spotting & congenital stationary night blindness in equines and a method for testing for same
    Publication number: 20120145092
    Abstract: Methods are provided for determining whether or not a horse is genetically normal, is a carrier of, or is affected with or predisposed to Congenital Stationary Night Blindness and/or leopard complex spotting. The method is based on detection of an insertion in an intron in the horse Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel, Subfamily M, Member 1 (TRPM1) gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Rebecca Bellone, Heather Mark Holl, Samantha Ann Brooks, George Forsyth
  • Whippable non-dairy creams
    Patent number: 5149557
    Abstract: The invention concerns with whippable non-dairy creams with low fat levels (15-25 wt %), that possess excellent properties, like a whipping time less than 6 min. Also a production-process is described, which includes a tempering step to make the NDC whippable within 4 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Morrison, Ian M. Kimsey, Heather Marks