Patents by Inventor Kim D. Ingram

Kim D. Ingram 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).

  • Complex growth supplement for maintenance of bacterial cell viability and induction of bacterial cell differentiation
    Patent number: 5902742
    Abstract: A growth supplement for bacterial media is used to induce and/or maintain differentiation and viability of bacterial cell cultures. The supplement contains about 10 mM to about 100 mM of a sugar, an amino acid or mixtures thereof. When the media used does not contain iron and reducing agents, such as sodium thiosulfate, these are included in the supplement. The reducing agent is present preferably at about 20 to about 40 mM. The addition of this supplement results in flagellation of aflagellate variants of Salmonella and hyperflagellation of variants of Salmonella which are flagellated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Jean Guard Petter, Kim D. Ingram