Patents by Inventor Joan Cook-Mills

Joan Cook-Mills 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NATAL AND PRE-NATAL CONDITIONS WITH ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
    Publication number: 20160038459
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, compositions, and systems for preventing or reducing an allergic condition in an offspring by administering tocopherol to a mother pregnant or nursing the offspring, where the tocopherol in the composition is 98-100% unmodified natural d-alpha tocopherol, and less than 2% gamma tocopherol (e.g., undetectable levels of gamma tocopherol). In certain embodiments, a prenatal tablet or pill is provided composed of such tocopherol compositions in combination with folic acid, iron, and calcium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Joan Cook-Mills
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF VITAMIN E ADMINISTRATION
    Publication number: 20100076072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods of vitamin E administration. In particular, the present invention provides opposing effects, relative to inflammation, from the administration of two major forms of vitamin E (?-tocopherol and ?-tocopherol).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Joan Cook-Mills