Patents by Inventor Luke Barnard
Luke Barnard 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).
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Patent number: 11235035Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Inventors: Luis Romero, Peter Plumstead, Luke Barnard
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Publication number: 20200359656Abstract: Described are compositions and methods relating to thermally-resistant wax matrix particles for enzyme encapsulation. The particles are well-suited for animal feed applications, particularly those involving steam pelleting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Peyman Moslemy, Nathaniel T. Becker, Luke Barnard
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Publication number: 20200276279Abstract: A feed additive composition comprising a direct fed microbial (DFM) in combination with a phytase derivable from Citrobacter spp. and a method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for avoiding the negative effects of necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject, or for promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject a direct fed microbial (DFM) in combination with a phytase derivable from Citrobacter spp.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Luis Fernanco Romero Millan, PETER PLUMSTEAD, LUKE BARNARD
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Publication number: 20200245642Abstract: A method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising: (a) admixing at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having (i) (A) Proline at P1; and (B) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at P1; or (ii) (a?) Proline at PV; and (b?) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids or amines at PV; and one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wheType: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: SVEND HAANING, KARSTEN MATTHIAS KRAGH, STEPAN SHIPOVSKOV, ANDREI MIASNIKOV, MARIA MA, LUIS FERNANDO ROMERO MILLAN, LUKE BARNARD, SHUKUN YU, ERNST MEINJOHANNS, STEFFEN YDE BAK, PÄIVI NURMINEN, HELI ANGLENIUS
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Publication number: 20190167769Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Luis Romero, Peter Plumstead, Luke Barnard
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Patent number: 10149891Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APSInventors: Luis Romero, Peter Plumstead, Luke Barnard
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Publication number: 20180295858Abstract: A method of preparing a feed additive composition comprising: (a) admixing at least one proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase predominantly having exopeptidase activity wherein said proline tolerant tripeptidyl peptidase is capable of cleaving tri-peptides from the N-terminus of peptides having (i) (A) Proline at P1; and (B) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids at P1; or (ii) (a?) Proline at P1?; and (b?) An amino acid selected from alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine or synthetic amino acids or amines at P1?; and one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of a salt, polyol including sorbitol and glycerol, wType: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Svend Haaning, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Stepan Shipovskov, Andrei Miasnikov, Maria Ma, Luis Fernando Romero Millan, Luke Barnard, Shukun Yu, Ernst Meinjohanns, Steffen Bak, Päivi Nurminen, Heli Putaala
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Publication number: 20160213755Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApSInventors: Luis Romero, Peter Plumstead, Luke Barnard
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Patent number: 9179693Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApSInventors: Luis Romero, Peter Plumstead, Luke Barnard
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Publication number: 20140037582Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a subject or for improving digestibility of a raw material in a feed (e.g. nutrient digestibility, such as amino acid digestibility), or for improving nitrogen retention, or for improving dietary phosphorus absorption and retention, or for improving the efficacy of the phytase, or for improving the subject's resistance to necrotic enteritis or for improving feed conversion ratio (FCR) or for improving weight gain in a subject or for improving feed efficiency in a subject or for modulating (e.g. improving) the immune response of the subject or for reducing populations of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, or for reducing nutrient excretion in manure, which method comprising administering to a subject at least one direct fed microbial in combination with a phytase, wherein the phytase is administered to the subject at a dosage of more than about 1500 FTU/kg feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Luis Romero, Peter Plumstead, Luke Barnard