Patents by Inventor Markku Virkki

Markku Virkki 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).

  • METHOD FOR MONITORING AND PROMOTING THE NUTRITION AND WELL-BEING AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20090053756
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining a characteristic describing the intestinal microbiota for an animal and/or a human being, in which method an animal and/or a human being is fed with a fodder/food; the number of two or more microorganisms in the intestine is determined; and the characteristic describing the intestinal microbiota is calculated as a ratio of the number of microorganisms. The invention also concerns methods for monitoring, development and promoting the intestinal microbiota, the well-being of an animal and/or a human-being, the intestinal health, the nutrition of an animal and/or a human being, the productivity and/or fodder utilization ratio of an animal, as well as the use of the characteristic and the use of the method for developing a fodder, a nutriment, a fodder and nutritional additive, a preparation and a pharmaceutical supporting the well-being, and a nutritional program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: CYFLO OY
    Inventors: Markku Virkki, Jussi Vaahtovuo, Mika Korkeamaki, Juhani Vuorenmaa, Eveliina Munukka, Pirkko Hameenoja
  • Use of polyols in combating yeast infection and polyol preparations for said use
    Patent number: 6414035
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyols such as xylitol for the preparation of a composition to be administered in the treatment or prophylaxis of mucosal yeast infection in mammals, as well as to preparations for use in the systemic or topical therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of mucosal yeast infections. The invention relates specifically but not solely to the combating of infections caused by Candida s.p. in mucosa in connection with exocrine glands of the mammalian body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Xyrofin Oy
    Inventors: Sergio Luis Vargas Munita, Julita Pearson, Markku Virkki, Tammy Pepper, David Saunders
  • PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING A FOOD ADDITIVE, AND AN ADDITIVE AND ITS USE
    Publication number: 20020061345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for preparing a food additive, in which a brewing yeast raw material containing oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides is filtered and treated hydrolytically so that the cell wall structure is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Juhani Vuorenmaa, Markku Virkki, Elias Jukola, Marko Lauraeus, Hanna Jatila, Juha Apajalahti, Paivi Nurminen
  • Procedure for preparing a food additive, and an additive and its use
    Patent number: 6387420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for preparing a feed additive, in which a brewing yeast raw material containing oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides is filtered and treated hydrolytically so that the cell wall structure is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventors: Juhani Vuorenmaa, Markku Virkki, Elias Jukola, Marko Lauraeus, Hanna Jatila, Juha Apajalahti, Paivi Nurminen
  • Method for treatment of fibrous crops with a modified cellulase to improve feed values storage and other properties
    Patent number: 5948454
    Abstract: The subject invention is directed to enzymatic methods for improving the conservation (storage) and feed values of fibrous crops by treating the crops with a cellulase enzyme mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: SSV Development OY
    Inventors: Markku Virkki, Juha Apajalahti, Kalevi Visuri
  • Use of an organic acids containing fraction for preserving forage
    Patent number: 5858424
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an organic acids containing fraction obtained from vinasses and molasses for preserving forage, stimulating microbial growth and activity, and enhancing forage utilization. The fraction may be used as such, or mixed with forage, or used together with a microbe that resists the acidity of the fraction and produces acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignees: Cultor Oy, Sareko Agro Oy
    Inventors: Markku Virkki, Juha Apajalahti, Erkki Virtanen, Hannu Paananen, Kaj-Erik Monten