Patents by Inventor Mark Elless

Mark Elless 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).

  • Nutritional supplements
    Patent number: 6270809
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing edible plant tissue biomasses suitable for use as nutritional supplements. The seedlings are exposed to at least one metal and normal seedling growth is interrupted prior to the eleventh day following germination to thereby produce a metal-enriched plant seedling tissue biomass. The metal-containing edible plant tissue biomasses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Phytotech Inc.,
    Inventors: Burt D. Ensley, Mark Elless, Michael J. Blaylock, Jianwei Huang
  • Nutritional supplements
    Patent number: 6117462
    Abstract: A method of producing metal-rich plants for the production of nutritional supplements. Edible plants are placed in a growth environment containing metal, and are cultivated in a fashion which enhances the uptake of metal into edible portions of the plants. The plants are then harvested, and may be eaten directly or processed into capsule or tablet form, in order to obtain the metallic nutrients so incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignees: NuCycle Therapy, Inc., Rutgers University
    Inventors: Burt D. Ensley, Mark Elless, Michael J. Blaylock, Jianwei Huang