Patents by Inventor Mark E Cook

Mark E Cook 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).

  • Dietetic foods containing conjugated linoleic acids
    Patent number: 5760082
    Abstract: A dietetic food which contains a safe and effective amount of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Michael W. Pariza
  • Method of improving the growth or the efficiency of feed conversion of an animal and compositions for use therein
    Patent number: 5725873
    Abstract: A method of improving the efficiency of an animal to convert feed into desirable body tissue involves feeding the animal feed particles having an inner core of nutrients and an outer layer of fat containing antibodies which can protect the animal from contacting diseases that can adversely affect the animal's ability to grow or efficiently convert its feed into body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Daria L. Jerome
  • Methods of treating animals to maintain or increase CD-4 and CD-8 cell populations
    Patent number: 5674901
    Abstract: Methods of treating animals to maintain or elevate CD-4 and CD-8 cell levels and to prevent or alleviate the adverse effects on the animal caused by the production or exogenous administration of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) or by a virus consist of administering to the animal a safe and effective amount of a conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) or a substance which is converted in the animal into CLA. A method of preparing CLA employing a bacteria isolated from a rat colon also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Michael W. Pariza, Xiaoyun Yang, Danielle DeVoney
  • Single chamber brewing device
    Patent number: 5623864
    Abstract: A single chamber brewing device for brewing beverage has a single brewing chamber for receiving water and a brewing material such as tea, a thermally controlled heating element, and a thermally controlled valve for releasing brewed beverage from the brewing chamber into a container positionable underneath the brewing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Healthometer, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Moore, Mark S. Kopaskie, Mark E. Cook, Daniel J. Wanhainen, Craig C. Weidman
  • Methods of attenuating the allergic response in animals
    Patent number: 5585400
    Abstract: Methods of treating animals to prevent or treat the adverse effects of type I or I.sub.g E mediated hypersensitivity in the animal consist of administering to the animal a safe and effective amount of a conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) or a substance which is converted in the animal into CLA. Methods of increasing the white blood cell count in a mammal and preserving white blood cells with CLA also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Ellen B. Cook, James L. Stahl, Frank M. Graziano, Michael W. Pariza
  • Method for reducing body fat in animals
    Patent number: 5554646
    Abstract: A method of reducing body fat comprises administering to the animal a safe and effective amount of a conjugated linoleic acid. Methods of preserving or increasing the animal's body protein by administering the conjugated linoleic acid also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Michael W. Pariza, Yeonhwa Park
  • Method for controlling bird populations
    Patent number: 5504114
    Abstract: A method of controlling a bird population in an area comprises administering to the female birds in the area an amount of a conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) which is effective to prevent their eggs from hatching. Baits containing the conjugated linoleic acid also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Michael W. Pariza, Kisun N. Lee, Bernard C. Wentworth
  • Methods for preventing weight loss, reduction in weight gain, and anorexia due to immune stimulation
    Patent number: 5430066
    Abstract: Animal feed or human food which contains added conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) can enhance growth and prevent anorexia and weight loss due to immune stimulation (e.g., endotoxin exposure) and the adverse effects of catabolic hormones (i.e., IL-1). Methods of treatment using CLA also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Michael W. Pariza
  • Method of increasing the efficiency of feed conversion in animals
    Patent number: 5428072
    Abstract: A method of enhancing weight gain and feed efficiency in an animal which comprises administering to the animal a safe and effective amount of a conjugated linoleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark E. Cook, Michael W. Pariza