Patents by Inventor James E. Heubi

James E. Heubi 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).

  • Use of non-absorbable fat in determining dietary fat absorption
    Patent number: 7695971
    Abstract: The use of sucrose polyester containing behenate fatty acid chains as a non-absorbable fat marker to determine total dietary fat absorption by the digestive tract of a subject. A test food for use in measuring fat absorption contains a non-absorbable fat and a dietary fat. The method is useful for diagnostic testing for diagnosing malabsorption of dietary fat by the digestive tract of the subject, and impairment of dietary fat digestion in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignees: Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Ronald James Jandacek, Patrick Tso, James E. Heubi