Patents by Inventor Justin Sonnenburg

Justin Sonnenburg 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).

  • Modulation of fiaf and the gastrointestinal microbiota as a means to control energy storage in a subject
    Publication number: 20050239706
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods to modulate fat storage and weight loss in a subject. In certain aspects of the invention, fat storage (adiposity) and weight loss is modulated by altering the subject's gastrointestinal microbiota population. In other aspects of the invention, fat storage and weight loss is modulated by altering the amount of or the activity of the protein, fasting-induced adipocyte factor, in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Fredrik Backhed, John Rawls, Justin Sonnenburg, Lora Hooper, Jeffrey Gordon